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• Norman Russell Hutchings, Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America († 2020)
• Willemke (Willie) Bouwes, Sleen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland († 2017)
• Hendrika Adriana van der Kreeft, Tull en 't Waal, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Marijke Kraaijvanger, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Zwaantje Pentinga, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Annes Jan van Dijken († 1979)
• Petrus Henricus Evert Allegonda (Peter) Tiebosch, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2013)
• levenloos van Daalen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1945)
• Johanna Petronella Heystek, Transvaal, Transvaal, R.S.A. († 2021)
• Wilhelmus, Catharina, Gerardus, Adriana Ackermans, 's-Hertogenbosch (noord-brabant) († 2011)

• Albert Bruins (75), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Bruins (75), Zuidwolde, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha Leliana Anna Lelsz (79), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Johannes Hubertus Vermetten (49), Pakan Baroe(NOI)
• Anna Maria Leonie Moonen (35), Voerendaal
• Anna Jacoba Sysling (74), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Leliana Anna Lelsz (79), Bilthoven, Netherlands
• Aldert Bos (72), Tietjerksteradeel
• Adriana Maria Goossens (74)
• Adda Richey (67), Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1943 » Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
• 1943 » Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
• 1944 » Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer
• 1945 » Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
• 1945 » Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
• 1946 » Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• 1946 » José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
• 1946 » Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
• 1947 » Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
• 1947 » Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete

• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)

• 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 30 » World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
• March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
• 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.
• June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• June 26 » The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.

The temperature on December 5, 1945 was between 1.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.