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• Dirk van Tolie, Avereest († 1946)
• Maria Magdalena Theophiel Colenbunders, Antwerpen († 2003)
• Hinderika Ausema, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Jeanine Bex († 1990)
• Hendrik Jan Dekker († 2018)
• Henri Mathieu Ghislain Xhonneux, Eupen (B) († 1995)
• Maria Verhagen, Made († 2000)
• Antonius Maria Warmerdam, Wormerveer († 1967)
• N.N. Fokkema, Baarn, Utrecht, NL († 1945)
• Gerard Evers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)

• Betsy Esther Kan (34), Musselkanaal (NL)
• Carolina Maria Josepha Francisca Sevink (61), Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldina Johanna Cornelia Lavigne (72), Den Haag,-
• Beatrix Irene Margriet (kind 8) Moerman (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Gecremeerd)
• Christina Smit (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Lever (72), Nederlands Indie
• Christine VROONEN (75), Groot-Loon (B)
• Alexander Slok, Delft
• Boogaard, Abraham Jacob (4), Oost-kapelle
• Berendina Cornelia Rikken (70), Nijmegen

• 1941 » Marv Albert, American sportscaster
• 1942 » Bert Sakmann, German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1945 » Pat Jennings, Irish footballer and coach
• 1946 » Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » Catherine Bréchignac, French physicist and academic
• 1946 » Michel Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Hans Binder, Austrian race car driver
• 1948 » Herbert Meyer, German footballer
• 1948 » Len Wein, American comic book writer and editor († 2017)

• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
• 1962 » John Ireland, English composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic (b. 1893)

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.
• March 29 » World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
• April 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
• April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
• May 23 » World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
• August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
• December 15 » Occupation of Japan/Shinto Directive: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.

The temperature on June 12, 1945 was between 9.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.