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• N.N. Klaassen, Gilze en Rijen († 1945)
• OG de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Marianne Ypma, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1996)
• Roelofje Sempel († 2001)
• Fokke Snip, Nyenklooster, Kloosterburen, Groningen, Netherland († 1988)
• Elisabeth Maria Johanna Antonia van der Kaa, Loon op Zand († 1946)
• Ernestus Petrus Jan Spiessens, Hingene († 2000)
• Jeannine C. J. Smisdom, Engelmanshoven, België († 1995)
• Jan Geerts, Hoogeveen nederland († 2013)
• Antonius Riteco, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, NL († 2023)

• Apolonia Francina Burgers (50), Sint Annaland
• Apolonia van den Berg (39), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus Donckers (75), Ravels
• Anna Elizabeth Schmitz (67), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Anna Elizabeth Schmitz (67), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Adriana van der Slikke (60), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland-The Netherlands
• Anna van der Bijl (39), Ooststellingwerf
• Benjamin Dontje (75), Manton, Wexford, Michigan, United States
• Albertus Johannes Hakfoort (59), Bergh, Nederland
• Johannes Arnoldus van Wamel (55), Haarlem

• 1942 » Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan († 2015)
• 1944 » Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
• 1944 » Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
• 1945 » Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1945 » Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author († 2010)
• 1946 » Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
• 1946 » Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
• 1946 » Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
• 1947 » Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter

• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 » Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 » Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)

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 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
• March 21 » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• April 17 » Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
• May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
• October 10 » The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

The temperature on December 20, 1945 was between -0.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.