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• DuWayne Richard Krumwiede, Martin County, Minnesota († 2015)
• Terry Ann Fogelsong, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Co., WA († 2020)
• Jenny Huyge, Merelbeke († 1963)
• Johny Desiré ASPESLAGH, Ichtegem († 2017)
• Hannie Schimmel († 2016)
• Jan Edelschaap, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2017)
• Erich Bronkhorst († 2017)
• Gilbert Dutry, Zevekote († 1997)
• Maartje Kloppenburg († 2020)
• Pieter Marinus Mabelis, Cadzand, Nederland († 2015)

• Antje Spoelstra (60), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bridget Donnelly (79), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Alkida Maria Suijdendorp (83), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aukje Nicolai (6), Harkema-Opeinde
• Barend Cornelis Koops (80), Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Johannes Haggard (63), Noupoort, South Africa
• Catharina Johanna Vogelezang (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Godefridus van den Elzen, Gemert
• Berend Jonker (45), Deventer
• Aukje Kuiken (8), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1943 » Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1943 » R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1944 » Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1944 » Susan Raye, American country music singer
• 1946 » Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
• 1946 » Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
• 1946 » Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer
• 1946 » Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
• 1947 » Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author

• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)

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.
• February 9 » World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMSVenturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
• April 22 » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
• April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
• August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

The temperature on October 8, 1945 was between 4.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.