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• Antoon Maria De Pauw, Maldegem († 2013)
• Gerardus Spierings, Best, nl († 1984)
• Johan Oost († 1999)
• Ronald Maasdamme, Aruba († 2019)
• Nicolaas Antonius Joannes van de Wetering († 2023)
• Robert Willem Groeneveld († 2002)
• Saartje Bolks († 2024)
• Antonette Wilhelmina Johanna Willemse, Amersfoort († 1999)
• Josepha Maria Anna (Josepha) BEX, Hoepertingen (B) († 2019)
• Hendrika van Triest, Elburg († 2020)

• August, Adolph, Wilhelm Passe (86), Kassel
• Aafje Kleine (92), Nieuweroord gem Westerbork
• Allert (Albert) CLEVERINGA (78), Gary, Indiana
• Antoine Joseph ROCK (68)
• Adolf Julius Albrecht Bernd, Graf von Arnim (76)
• Anthonie Struving (52)
• Arnoldus Franciscus Johannes Krijbolder (66), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aafje Reinders Kleine (92), Westerbork
• Anna Christina Maria van Arem (49), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Hopman (78), Heumen (Malden)

• 1943 » Baki İlkin, Turkish civil servant and diplomat
• 1943 » Jeff Bingaman, American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1944 » Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 » Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 » Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 » Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
• 1945 » Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1946 » P. P. Arnold, American soul singer
• 1947 » Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter († 2015)
• 1947 » John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist († 2018)

• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)

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 5 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
• March 30 » World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
• April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
• June 26 » The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• December 19 » John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.
• December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

The temperature on October 3, 1945 was between 5.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.