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• Patricia Evelyn “Pat” Coe ****, Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Robert Garth Brummel, Zeeland (MI) († 1945)
• Jan Hendrik van der Lee, Sittard († 1945)
• Robert Garth Brummel, Zeeland Township (Ottawa County) (Michigan) († 1945)
• Theodore John Arndts Jr, Dayton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• André Beirinckx, Kessel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1965)
• Kenneth Allen Dexter, Burlington-Rancine-WI-U.S.A († 2003)
• Ann Wilson, Memphis Tenn († 1945)
• Arcangelo Michels († 1966)
• Jan Vegter, Spijk, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)

• Albertha Jacoba Braam (0), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Kastelein (77), Wissenkerke
• Aan Algra (36), Fort Willem 3,Ambarawa, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
• Albert Schuiling (20), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Susanna Christina de Beer (57)
• Arend Jan Hofmeijer (79), Heerde
• Anna van Tilburg (70), Nieuw Vossemeer
• Antonia van den Haspel (69), Leiden
• Adrianus Hartkoorn (60), Alblasserdam
• Ann Wilson (0), Memphis Tenn

• 1943 » Barry Manilow, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1943 » Chantal Mouffe, Belgian theorist and author
• 1943 » Newt Gingrich, American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1944 » Chris Spedding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Randy Johnson, American football player († 2009)
• 1945 » Art Bell, American broadcaster and author († 2018)
• 1945 » Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
• 1945 » Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
• 1945 » Tommy Franks, American general
• 1946 » Peter Rosei, Austrian author, poet, and playwright

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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 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.
• March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
• April 15 » Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
• May 1 » World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
• October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
• October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

The temperature on June 17, 1945 was between 4.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.