About the day » Friday January 26, 1945Calender converter

• Derek Roy "Ricky" WHITELEY, Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, Dominion of CANADA († 2015)
• Dirk Dorrestijn († 2018)
• Jan Willem Langevoort, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1971)
• Theodora Hendrika van der Slot, Noordwijkerhout († 2018)
• Jantina Lesterhuis, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Marja Dommerholt, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Paul Peter Kröner († 1982)
• Ad De Wit, Alkmaar
• Hendrik Jan Soer, Bergentheim († 2023)
• Irene Liebeton, Donsbrüggen, Duitsland († 2019)

• Arie Mudde (90), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Elaine Kristiane Andreasen (62), Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon
• Albert Meijers (84), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gijsbertha Wilhelmina Slottje (49), Rotterdam
• Alida Gijsbers (65), Rotterdam
• Anne Beins Steltman (60), Huizum, gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Margieta Plus (61), Winschoten
• Steenhoff (79)
• Albert Stam (31), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• arie BLAAK (69), mijnsheerenland

• 1943 » César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1943 » Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
• 1944 » Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
• 1944 » Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
• 1945 » David Purley, English race car driver († 1985)
• 1945 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist († 1987)
• 1946 » Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 1946 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic († 1999)
• 1946 » Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
• 1947 » Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer († 1982)

• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 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 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• January 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
• March 16 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
• April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
• April 16 » The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.

The temperature on January 26, 1945 was between -13.3 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.