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• Elisabeth Adriana Nuijten, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Elisabeth Gertrud Antonia Boom, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1986)
• Emma Louise Vreeken († 2003)
• Arie van der Vliet, Pijnacker († 1945)
• Johannes Dokter, Zwartemeer Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2020)
• Frans van der Aa, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Gerard Wischnewski, Duitsland († 2014)
• Elisabeth Gertrud Antonia Boom, Den Burg († 1986)
• Herwig Leopold Louise Nevelsteen, Merksplas, België († 1946)
• Cor Dietvors, Wieringen († 2017)

• Andries van Kempen (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Ignatius Miltenburg (38), Pakanbaroe
• Antonia Maria Josephina Wouters (28), Brussel
• Adrianus Johannes Gerhardus Hagen (0), Apeldoorn
• Angenitha Bras (69), rotterdam
• Alida Hatten (28), Amsterdam
• Antonia van der Putten (54), Deurne
• Alida Langeveldt (65), Amsterdam
• Aloysia Maria Ooms (40), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie
• Albert Lagarde (67), Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1942 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1995)
• 1944 » Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician († 1998)
• 1945 » Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Laila Morse, English actress
• 1946 » Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist († 2006)
• 1946 » Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
• 1946 » Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1946 » Rick Coonce, American drummer († 2011)
• 1947 » Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist
• 1947 » Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author

• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)

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 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• March 29 » World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
• April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
• April 16 » The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• April 18 » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
• April 29 » World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

The temperature on August 1, 1945 was between 12.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.