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• Henricus Franciscus Cornelis van Erve, Tilburg
• Cornelis Johan den Hartog († 2006)
• Antje J. Bastiaans, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Geert Elzinga, Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland († 1945)
• Henk Edens († 2004)
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Trox, Dortmund-Hombruch († 2014)
• Cornelis van der Veeke, 's-Gravenhage († 1945)
• Cornelis Van der Veeke, 's-Gravenhage († 1945)
• Gijsbertha Geertruida Hardeman, Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Anna Maria Van der Veeke, Oosterhout, Nederland († 1945)

• Adrianus Boudewijn Mathijssen (54), Rijsbergen
• Alberta Gerdina Kers (26), Enschede
• Adriana Kamman (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Haan (71), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andriesje Magendans (35), Putten (GL)
• Anna Cornelia Dietvors (73), Zevenbergen
• Andriesje Gerritsd Magendans (35), Putten, ge.nld
• Albert Willem Hobbelink (57), Enschede
• Albert Broekmate (27), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn)
• Anna Cornelia Dietvorst (73), Zevenbergen

• 1943 » George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1976)
• 1943 » Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 » Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 » Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 1947 » George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 » James Patterson, American author and producer

• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)

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 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
• March 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• March 30 » World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
• July 31 » Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
• August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
• December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

The temperature on March 22, 1945 was between 0.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.