About the day » Tuesday January 2, 1945Calender converter

• Denise Josephine Frans Alpaerts, Lier († 2014)
• Kathleen Caldwell McLeod Gelzer, Fairfield County, South Carolina op
• Patricia A Hickman, wellington, Shropshire, England († 1994)
• Michel André Marcel PEROCHON, Niort, 79, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France († 1996)
• Jacoba Ouwens, Schiedam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1945)
• NN Veltkamp, Zelhem († 1945)
• Hendrik Jan Hammenga, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Johannes Cornelis Gortemaker, Zuidwolde, 7921, Nederland († 1945)
• Catharina Antonia Maria Reemer, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Annie Verhoeven, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1991)

• Adrianus Delissen (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham GULDEMEESTER (18), Sangerhausen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
• Alida Everdina Schut (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Moesker (77), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafje HEIJNIS (73), Zaandam
• Alle Meindert (Meendert) Cramer (68), Semarang, Java (Ned. Indië)
• Aagje Bos (82), Utrecht
• Adriaantje van Houwelingen (84), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus de Hommel (46), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Dorothea Frese (93), Paris Twp, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1942 » Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 » Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
• 1943 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer († 2004)
• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1944 » Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1947 » Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1949 » Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter

• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

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 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• April 4 » World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
• April 11 » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
• April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
• May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
• August 16 » The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.

The temperature on January 2, 1945 was between -3.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.