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• Pieternella Cathrina Tolhoek, 's Gravenpolder († 1986)
• Jacobus Boomsma, Rotterdam(ZH) († 2003)
• Marinus Henricus Maria van Amelsfoort, Goirle († 1946)
• carla adriana maria van kempen, tilburg
• Carlos Alberto RUBIANO OSPINI, Cogua, Colombia († 2001)
• Charlene King, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jacob Bloemendaal, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Willy Lambrichts, Diepenbeek, België († 2012)
• Eleanor Helene Doller, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa († 1946)
• Egberdina Overweg, Ommen († 1945)

• Anna Catharina Verreydt (80), Geel, België
• Bernardus Stephanus Maria Eggen (2), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonis van der Wekken (68)
• Aaltje Borger (0), Heerlen
• Andreas Everaert (51), Kruibeke
• Bert Alvin Eldridge (75), Edmore, Montcalm, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianna Grada DEKKERS (70), Nijmegen
• Carolina Maria Stockmann (55), Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Alice Dykehouse (56), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• Adriaan Johan de Werker (29), Utrecht

• 1943 » Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
• 1943 » Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Chris Shays, American politician
• 1945 » Huell Howser, American television host and actor († 2013)
• 1946 » Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician
• 1946 » Frank Beamer, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
• 1946 » James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1947 » Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
• 1947 » Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1935 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)

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.
• January 1 » World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops kill 60 German POWs at Chenogne.
• March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
• April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
• June 21 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• July 30 » World War II: Japanese submarineI-58 sinks the USSIndianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
• September 3 » A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

The temperature on October 18, 1945 was between 3.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.