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• Hennie Baas († 2014)
• van Gerven, Diessen
• Harmannus Albert Menze Zwerver, Baflo († 2004)
• (kzn) Goverde, Zevenbergen († 1945)
• Age Oeges Feitsma, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1945)
• Henderkien (Hennie) Tissing, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Bartholomeus Gabriël Maria Oostdam, Leiden († 1945)
• Hermione Ponsonby († 1985)
• Alida Smid, Groningen († 2021)
• Izaäk Spek, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)

• Adam B. Beach (77), South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Aalzen Spoelstra (83), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Kollen (78), Gemeente Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Dingeman Timmers (20), Dusseldorf (Duitsland)
• Adrianus Marinus Koolhaas (89), Aalst, Zaltbommel, Nederland
• Albert Jans Kollen (78), Gemeente Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Erwin" Gottlieb Adalbert Otto Planck (51), Berlin
• Aagje Verhage (50), Ouddorp (Z.H.)
• Aalzen Spoelstra (83), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Verhage (50), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1943 » Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman († 2010)
• 1943 » Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
• 1943 » Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
• 1944 » Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer († 2019)
• 1945 » Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario
• 1946 » Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua
• 1946 » Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician († 2013)
• 1946 » Don Whittington, American race car driver
• 1946 » Zvonko Bušić, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 († 2013)
• 1947 » Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware

• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)

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.
• January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
• February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• April 29 » World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
• August 23 » World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
• August 25 » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• August 30 » The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

The temperature on January 23, 1945 was between -10.1 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.