About the day » Saturday January 6, 1945Calender converter

• Barry D. Clendenning († 1966)
• Aris Renooij, Callantsoog († 1989)
• Johannes Schenk († 2007)
• Geertje Janna Scheurwater, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, ZH NL († 1946)
• Maria Cornelia Francisca Josepha van Oudheusden, Tilburg († 1945)
• Mary J. Smith, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Piet (Clemmy) van de Weegh, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Karel-Louis CUYPERS, Aarschot († 1973)
• Ans van Loon, Tilburg († 1994)
• levenloos kout, warder († 1945)

• Age Jans van Balen (63), Bolsward
• Alberdina Strijker (47), Hilversum
• Adriaantje Dubbeld (76), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Daatselaar (32), Neuengamme (D)
• Albert Hendrik Winkelman (61), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Bree (73), Tilburg
• Anna Uriot (78), Amsterdam
• Abraham Frauenfelder (75), Nijmegen
• Alijda Geertruida Hoek (56), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Bijl (46), Pakan Baroe, Zuid-Sumatra, Nederlands Oost-Indië

• 1943 » Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
• 1944 » Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1944 » Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Barry John, Welsh rugby player
• 1946 » Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1947 » Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (d 1978)
• 1948 » Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1948 » Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
• 1949 » Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic (estimated date)

• 1934 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)

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.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• April 25 » Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini is captured after trying to escape. This day was set as a public holiday to celebrate the Liberation of Italy.
• May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
• May 7 » World War II: Last German U boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
• September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
• October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.

The temperature on January 6, 1945 was between -3.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.