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• Johannes Jozef SPRONK, Haarlem († 1945)
• Johanna Maria Magdalena Teunissen, Reuver,, Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Ria Sanderink († 2016)
• Margot Maria Hermijntje Hoogendoorn, Loosduinen († 2013)
• Jacobus Julius Franciscus Ketting, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Marinus van de Bor, Hoevelaken († 1946)
• Janice BRETZING, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 1997)
• Cornelis Franciscus Deuling († 1946)
• Rudipert Mattheus Antonius Gomes, Amsterdam († 1946)
• Donna E. Visser, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2018)

• Aaltje Brandsma (54), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Chabot (71), Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Aaltje Visscher (84), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonus Groffen (78), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus Hermanus Schelling (57), Hamburg Neuengamme, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Adriaan Josephus Hamers (80), Utrecht
• Alfred Charles Mallett (Sgt.) (33), Netherlands
• Albert Verbaan (35), Leeden, Landkreis Tecklenburg
• Albertine Maria Elisabeth Busmann (69), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Joseph Hamers (80), Utrecht

• 1941 » Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic
• 1948 » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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. John
14. Gerardus
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 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
• February 3 » World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
• June 21 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
• October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
• October 18 » Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.

The temperature on February 8, 1945 was between 2.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.