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• Harry Marinus Koene, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2000)
• A.M. Höcker († 1996)
• Antonia Wilhelmina Maria Cuppen, Ottersum († 1989)
• Jacomina Catolina (Mien, Mia) Boone, Goes († 1995)
• Antonius Paulus Maria van Gerven, Tilubrg († 1946)
• Herman Stoolhuis, Agelo († 2019)
• Marjolein Derks, Nijmegen († 2005)
• Rietveld, Dordrecht († 1945)
• Joseph Elam Hamrick Jr., North Carolina († 1980)

• Aaltjen van Zalk (74), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Emil Buck (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Smooker (65), Enschede
• Antonie van de Laar (79), someren, Nederland
• Ada Lovica Isaacs (75), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Cnty, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• August Van De Sandt (59)
• Bartus van den Brink (69), Baarn
• Abraham Moerman (29), Vlaardingen
• Aagje Johanna V ESSEN (60)
• Anna Notten (29), Maastricht

• 1943 » Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
• 1943 » Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
• 1943 » Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1943 » Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 » Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1945 » Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1978)
• 1947 » Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
• 1947 » Willy Russell, English playwright and composer

• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)

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.
• March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
• April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
• June 20 » The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
• June 21 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

The temperature on August 23, 1945 was between 11.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.