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• Jacobus Roos, Soest (U) († 1962)
• James Marrone, herkimer, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wilhelmina Eerden, Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johannes Hendricus Maria Knippels, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Gerritdina Elzina Bakker, Hardenberg († 2023)
• Bernhard Jozeph (Ben) Zwaga, Steenwijk († 2000)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Eerden, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Johan de Groot, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Hein Hut, Oldekerk, Nederland († 1983)
• Jan Hendrik Martens († 2017)

• Anna Maria Wijers (67), Nijmegen
• Andries Anske Ages Andree (77), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Pablos Duran (39), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alphonsus Martinus Fredericus Florentinus Coenen (1), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Jan Huigen (29), Orel (Rusland)
• Arendina Hendrika Roeterdink (71), Markelo
• Albert Frederik Theodoor Marie Van Rooij (78), Eindhaven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arendina Hendrika Roeterink (71), Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Mikkers (71), Eindhoven
• Aleida Margaretha Maria Leijser (0), Huissen

• 1943 » Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach († 2001)
• 1943 » Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
• 1943 » Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1944 » Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden
• 1945 » Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
• 1945 » Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Paul Smith, English fashion designer
• 1946 » Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec
• 1946 » Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer († 2013)

• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (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.
• February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
• April 16 » The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• 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.
• July 29 » The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

The temperature on July 5, 1945 was between 9.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.