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• Cornelis Joos van der Pijl, Hiddingen Dld († 1952)
• Hendricus Johannes Maria Otte, Hillegom, ZUI, Nederland († 1997)
• Johny MARGINET, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1985)
• Irène Henriette Adriaensen, Forest,Brabant,Belgium († 2006)
• Irajá Gonçalves de Oliveira, Encruzilhada do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 2012)
• Charles Henry Robert Dillon-Lee († 1982)
• christina johanna dorothea (tinie) vercoulen, helden-dorp
• Jake Anthony van der Zwaag, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2000)
• Henk Meupelenberg († 2008)
• Franciscus Antonius Schmitz, Monster († 1945)

• Adam Scholten (71), Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Adolphina Augusta Gossow (84), Tjidengkamp Batavia
• Albert Borcherts (78), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Josephus Alphonsus Schijvens (68), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Aaltje Slagter (80), IJsselmuiden
• Albert Joukes Boltjes (55), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaldert Burgwal (47), s'Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Albert Marion Force (92), Stephens, Texas, United States
• Adelheid Weijers (74), Niedermormter, Duitsland
• Aaltje Wichers Slagter (79), IJsselmuiden

• 1943 » Kay Granger, American educator and politician
• 1943 » Paul Freeman, English actor
• 1944 » Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
• 1944 » Carl Morton, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1944 » Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 » Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1945 » Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau († 2013)
• 1946 » Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1946 » Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler († 2019)

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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. John
14. Gerardus
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 1 » World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops kill 60 German POWs at Chenogne.
• February 3 » World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
• February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• February 23 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
• March 16 » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.
• April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.

The temperature on January 18, 1945 was between 0.6 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.