About the day » Saturday September 15, 1945Calender converter

• Hendrik Prigge, Hoogeveen († 1950)
• Sheila Priscilla Bradley, Bridgend, Wales († 2006)
• Martje Bergsma, Emmen († 1998)
• Loretta Kay Simily, Rolla Phelps, Missouri († 2006)
• H.j.(Hennie) Hornis († 2020)
• Henk van Lohuizen, Beekbergen († 2022)
• Jan Dries, Maasdijk, Nederland († 2016)
• John Carroll Bultema, Chico, Butte County, California, United States († 2018)
• Greetje van Staalduinen, Zwolle († 2001)
• Henderikus Egbertus Sieuwverhardus Bakker, Borger († 1945)

• Curtis Leroy Brown (64), Houston Miss
• Albert Kracht (3), Garnwerd
• Anje Hateboer (71), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Ada Florence Culbertson (49), Estherville, Emmet Co., IA
• Lochem, van (0), Aalten, NL
• Petronella Cornelia Mathilda Biesen (66), Middelburg Zeeland
• Catharina Hubertina Schuren (65), Linne,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Weeder (84), Broek op L'dijk
• Anje Hateboer (71), Scheemda
• Aloysius Theodorus Wilhelmus Sanders (0), Helmond

• 1944 » Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager († 2017)
• 1944 » Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
• 1945 » Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
• 1945 » Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
• 1945 » Jessye Norman, American soprano
• 1945 » Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Howard Waldrop, American author and critic
• 1946 » Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
• 1946 » Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• February 3 » World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
• April 13 » World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
• April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
• July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

The temperature on September 15, 1945 was between 13.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.