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• Monique Elise Nathalie Mignot, Eindhoven († 2016)
• Johannes Ietzen Westra, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1945)
• Olga Schoemaker, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Cornelia Maria Pollemans († 2008)
• Herbert Frank Christ, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Maria Johanna Wilhelmina Anna de Beer, Tilburg († 1991)
• Hendrikje Nijeboer († 2020)
• Franklin Lamers, Monster, Nederland († 2022)
• Maria Van Engeland, Lommel († 2003)
• Peter Vermeer, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2016)

• van Holland (0), Ede
• Catherine Katherine Myrta Merta Young (69), Alameda, Alameda, California, United States
• Berendina Catharina Helmes (75), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertus Postma (52), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Benjamin Ulfert Bulthaus (75), Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois
• Barbera Zadel (78), leeuwarden
• Catharina Hendrica Maria Orta (57), Den Haag
• Andries Christ (0), Nijmegen
• Adriana Hemmes (76), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Verheij (40), Rotterdam

• 1943 » Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman († 2013)
• 1943 » Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2014)
• 1943 » Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1944 » Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player († 2016)
• 1945 » Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
• 1945 » Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
• 1945 » Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1945 » Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• 1946 » James Howe, American journalist and author

• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)

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 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• February 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
• April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
• April 16 » More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
• October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
• November 10 » Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

The temperature on August 2, 1945 was between 11.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.