About the day » Saturday July 21, 1945Calender converter

• Lieuwe Bloemberg, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1966)
• Maria Cornelia Berk, Wilnis († 1965)
• Jentje (Jennie) Bronkhorst († 1999)
• Jennie Zeller, Wageningen († 2002)
• Maarten Spelt († 2002)
• John Bosco Harper († 1999)
• NN Witte, Texel († 1945)
• Engeltje van der Nol, Delft († 1946)
• Wilhelmina Evers, Apeldoorn († 1949)
• Anna GALARNEAU, Montréal (Notre-Dame-de-Montréal) († 2014)

• Amalia Sophia Bijleveld (59), Amsterdam
• Albert Kleijne (0), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Neijenhuis (81), voorburg
• Baukje van Elsloo (70), Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aan Algra (36), Ambarara
• Angenietus van Dijk (49), Arnhem
• Ans Stakebrand (20), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Axel Georg Ernst Werner van Bülow (38)
• Adrianus Petrus van Oorschot (24), Uelzen, Duitsland
• Agenietus van Dijk (49), Arnhem

• 1943 » Edward Herrmann, American actor († 2014)
• 1943 » Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver († 2002)
• 1944 » Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian author and academic († 2017)
• 1944 » John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana († 2012)
• 1944 » Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician († 2002)
• 1945 » Barry Richards, South African cricketer
• 1945 » Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer
• 1945 » Wendy Cope, English poet, critic, and educator
• 1946 » Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
• 1946 » Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

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 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• March 11 » World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
• March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
• June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• August 19 » August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The temperature on July 21, 1945 was between 15.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.