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• Hendrikus Petrus Marinus Geutjes, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1945)
• Jakob Flokstra, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Johannes Jacobus Joseph van Noort, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 1945)
• Evelyn MURFET († 1998)
• Adriana Johanna (Sjaan) Huijbregtse, Middelburg († 2008)
• Cornelia Agatha Alida Koopmanschap, Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)
• Hendrikus Petrus Marinus Geutjes, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Kornelis de Boer († 2011)
• Peter Frank van Wijk, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Mil SEGERS, Borchtlombeek,1761,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2011)

• Agatha Theodora Breda (86), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Theodora Breda (86), Delft
• Adrianus van Veldhuizen (80), Utrecht
• Alfred Edward Ernst Uecker (55), St. Mary's Hospital
• Anje Koetje (65), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aleida Middelveld (21), Zwollerkerspel
• Anje Hommes (57), Saaksum
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Crevels (86), Groningen
• Adrianus van der Ende (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus van den Ende (7), 's-Gravenhage

• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1943 » Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker († 2012)
• 1943 » Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director († 2001)
• 1944 » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player († 2006)
• 1944 » Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
• 1946 » Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author

• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)

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 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
• March 3 » World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
• April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
• August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
• September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

The temperature on March 23, 1945 was between 3.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.