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• Johan Konings, Beverwijk († 2010)
• Jos Driessens († 2007)
• Klaas van der Meulen, Boornbergum († 1967)
• Johanna (Hannie) van Rosmalen († 1976)
• Geert van Olst, Heerde († 2016)
• Freddy Van Eersel, Merksplas, België († 2013)
• Dennis Ray Hulsing, Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington (USA) († 2017)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Woestenberg, Gilze en Rijen
• doodgeboren kind, Ubbergen († 1945)
• Leonardus Johannes Cornelis Petrus van den Thillart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)

• (Marie) Louise (Fortunée) RENARD (86), Sérent, Morbihan (56), Bretagne, FRANCE
• Abraham Peters (63), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ooijen (11), Ludwigslust, Duitsland
• adrianus LODDER (42), hagen, duitsland
• Groen (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Hoomoedt (62), Deventer
• Alexander Pieter van Nassau (29), Neuengamme (Duitsland)
• Abraham MOSZKOWICZ (42), Ebensee, Österreich
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus van Veldhoven (35), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• willem Johannes Pieter Knoop (75), rotterdam

• 1943 » Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot († 2006)
• 1943 » Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic
• 1943 » Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician
• 1944 » Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer
• 1944 » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria († 1996)
• 1946 » John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 » Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
• 1947 » Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Martin Broughton, English businessman

• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)

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 9 » World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
• January 17 » The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
• April 5 » Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
• May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
• May 5 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath becomes effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
• May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.

The temperature on April 15, 1945 was between 9.4 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C.