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• Janna Sibon, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1945)
• Janet Elizabeth Moffatt, Ottawa, Canada († 2002)
• Janna Alberta Beekman, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Cornelia Gesina (Corry) Westeijn, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2016)
• Emma Flora Groenewegen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna Helena Maria Josepha (Annelien) Wilbrink, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Gerlantje Los *, Oldemarkt († 1945)
• Jacobus Jozephus van der Ploeg, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Harley Lorenze Mark, Lusk, Niobrara, Wyoming, United States († 1993)
• Jan Olthuis, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 2017)

• Aaltje Hof (50), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ermes Augustinus (23), Neuengamme, Hamburg, Hamburg, Duitsland
• Albert Bischop (0)
• Andries Johannes Hengeveld (73), Amsterdam
• Abraham Wijting (70), Zoeterwoude
• Aagje Stam (82), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Triest (78), Elburg
• Allemtje Zaagman (35), Groningen
• Aaltje Johanna Slettenhaar (0), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Knops (48), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1943 » Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
• 1944 » Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
• 1944 » Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist
• 1944 » John Cameron, English composer and conductor
• 1945 » Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot († 2015)
• 1945 » Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
• 1945 » Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
• 1945 » Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• 1946 » Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer († 2014)

• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)

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. John
14. Gerardus
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 17 » Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
• March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
• March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
• April 12 » World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
• April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
• April 27 » World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.

The temperature on March 20, 1945 was between 5.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.