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• Bouke Koehoren, Midwolde (gemeente Leek) († 1975)
• Judith Louise Soults, Los Angeles, California († 2009)
• Maria Brobbel, Dordrecht († 1945)
• Simon Kruk, Broek op Langedijk († 2015)
• JOHANNES ELISA LOUTER, DE LIER († 1945)
• Irene Liebeton, Donsbrüggen, Duitsland († 2019)
• Ronald P Atkins, Birmingham, West Midlands († 2008)
• Gerard Han Koopman, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Rudy Bourgeois, Izegem, België († 2019)
• José CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2016)

• Alida Gijsbers (65), Rotterdam
• Anna IJpelaan (66), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Meijers (84), Westerbork Midden-Drenthe Drenthe Nederland
• Anna IJpelaar (66), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Willekus (78), Emmen, Nederland
• Antonia Blom (63), Oss N.B
• Steenhoff (79)
• "Jacobus Bertus" Albregts (75), Loon op Zand, NB.NL
• Andreas Theodorus van den Ende (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elaine Kristiane Andreasen (62), Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon

• 1943 » César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1943 » Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician
• 1944 » Angela Davis, American activist, academic, and author
• 1944 » Jerry Sandusky, American football coach and criminal
• 1945 » David Purley, English race car driver († 1985)
• 1945 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist († 1987)
• 1946 » Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 1946 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic († 1999)
• 1946 » Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
• 1947 » Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer († 1982)

• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)

• 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 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
• January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
• February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• May 7 » World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
• November 27 » CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.

The temperature on January 26, 1945 was between -13.3 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.