About the day » Saturday October 20, 1945Calender converter

• Barbara Broadfoot, Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, VS († 1997)
• Selma Margriet Philips, Leiden (Zuid-Holland) († 1987)
• Bekir Sitki Sari, Trabzon, Turkey († 2022)
• Maria W. Schimmel († 1970)
• Antje Schippers, Avereest († 1945)
• Glenn Max BENDALL, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2008)
• Gerrit Hulshof, Enschede († 1993)
• Rose-Marie Pauline Lanois († 1984)
• NN Koster, Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 1945)
• Hans Bolsius, Tilburg

• Antonie Landman (83), Kerkwerve, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Arie Cornelis Breijer (43), op zee
• Brandinus Elmendorp (79), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernard Christof Herman Ruding (68), Sappemeer, Gr, Nederland
• Alphonsus Eggermont (82), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
• * Johanna Jacoba Smits (74), Gorinchem
• Westmaas (40), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Kansen (85), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Philip Wilhelm Asmus, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Landman (83), Kerkwerve

• 1943 » Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
• 1944 » David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft († 2016)
• 1944 » Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
• 1945 » Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After)
• 1946 » Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic († 2015)
• 1946 » Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author († 1994)
• 1946 » Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 » Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter

• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)

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 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• April 21 » World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
• 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.
• July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
• November 1 » The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.

The temperature on October 20, 1945 was between 4.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.