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• Catharina Elisabeth de Goffau († 2021)
• Lucia Franciscus Maria Schuijt, Voorburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Adriaan Willem Kooman, Alphen aan de Rijn († 2013)
• Peter MURRAY, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2008)
• Maria Helena van Schilt, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes Wilhelmus de Ridder, Rotterdam († 2013)
• Clayton Sayre Lineberger, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina († 2000)
• Jan Smulders († 2010)
• Edu Brodie, Surabaya-Java (Indonesië) († 2019)
• Jacques Spapen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2009)

• Bijke Luttjeboer (72), Nieuweschans, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Fredrika Legeer (59)
• Anna Maria Liebregts (80), Oirschot
• Aaltje Aldertsd Zwart (72), Zaandam
• Adriaantje Johanna Cornelia van Hunnik (30), Zeist, Nederland
• Alphonsus VAN GOETHEM (85), Hontenisse
• Aaltje Zwart (72), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Anthonia de Kruijf (51), Utrecht
• Adrianus Hendrikus Mulders (81), Veghel
• Cornelis Hoogschagen (54), Heiloo

• 1942 » Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
• 1942 » Stefanie Powers, American actress
• 1944 » Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer († 2016)
• 1944 » Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1945 » Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player († 2013)
• 1945 » J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1945 » Larry Little, American football player
• 1946 » Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1946 » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer († 2001)
• 1947 » Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer

• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)

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 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
• February 14 » World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
• March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
• May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
• May 15 » World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
• November 10 » Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

The temperature on November 2, 1945 was between 7.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.