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• Janna Bertha Versteeg, Utrecht († 1945)
• Kool, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• joseph peter johannes martin, helden-grashoek († 1945)
• Cornelis Johannes van den Berg, Voorhout († 1945)
• leopold willem wichers, amersfoort († 1962)
• Joann Hudson, Mercedes, Hidalgo, Texas, United States († 2005)
• Kind Polman, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Kenneth R Faber, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2009)
• Gijsbertus Cornelis van den Brink, Baarn († 1946)
• Leo Phoelich, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)

• Aagtje Diephuis (82), Leermens (gem. Eemsdelta)
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Bocxe (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Albert Schrander (66), Ambarawa, Indonesië
• Adelbert Fredrich Becker (21), Bick Island Ww2
• Anna Maria van de Lavoir (81), Vogelwaarde (Hulst), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Langeland, Uithuizermeeden
• Aart van Meerveld (43), Hamburg, Neuengamme
• Alida Clasina Lobrij (80), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Adriana Vermeulen (78), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Maria Wilhelmina Jehu (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
• 1944 » Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1944 » José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1944 » Pat Parker, African American poet
• 1945 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
• 1947 » Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1948 » Nancy Kress, American author and academic

• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

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 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
• April 11 » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
• May 5 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath becomes effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
• August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
• October 10 » The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

The temperature on January 20, 1945 was between -8.3 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 9.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.