About the day » Friday January 5, 1945Calender converter

• Huibert Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anne van der Vaart († 1945)
• Hendrina Johanna van Dijl, Utrecht († 1945)
• Aukelina Annie Jantina Takens, Drieborg, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 2010)
• * Trudy de Klerk, Capelle aan den IJssel († 2018)
• Helga Helmich, Heggen, Duitsland († 1947)
• Gerhardus Antonius Grimberg, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)
• Jan Kamman, Hollandscheveld († 2006)
• Diena Oostra, Wolvega († 2023)
• Eva Hardeman, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1951)

• (Bertus) Lambertus Koopmanschap (20), Seemupper, Letland
• Abraham KEIZER (40), Dachau
• Albertha Geertruida Lampe (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia de Joode (4), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelbertha Geertruida Lampe (75), Haarlem
• Abraham Keizer (40), Dachau, Bavaria, Duitsland
• Aletta van Wijk (86), Aalburg (Wijk en Aalburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alida Oranje (49), Schiedam, Gemeente Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Gelijns (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Wijk (86), Wijk

• 1941 » Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer († 2008)
• 1941 » Chuck McKinley, American tennis player († 1986)
• 1942 » Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host
• 1942 » Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor
• 1943 » Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge
• 1943 » Murtaz Khurtsilava, Georgian footballer and manager
• 1944 » Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician
• 1944 » Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1946 » Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman
• 1947 » Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio

• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

• 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 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
• February 23 » World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
• March 22 » World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
• April 12 » World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
• May 7 » World War II: Last German U boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
• September 5 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

The temperature on January 5, 1945 was between -2.9 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.