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• Herman Jan Leefers, Enschedè Boekelo († 2005)
• Catharina Maria den Brok († 2018)
• Glijn Groen, Heiloo († 2017)
• Frieda Janssen († 1952)
• Jan (Johannes) Willem Bart de Koning (Konin(g,h)ck), Hilversum († 1981)
• Hans Gerrit Arie Jongepier, Amsterdam († 2023)
• Harley Alderfer Lapp († 2010)
• Anna Sophia Schwarberg, Mentrup († 1945)
• Franciscus Jozef Schouenberg, Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1967)
• Annigje Wilhelmina Henderika (Anneke) Beumer, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)

• Aartje Koole (54), Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Boekee (75), Amersfoort
• Feikens (0), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Scholtius (22), Kassel
• Andries Achterberg (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Boekee (75), Amersfoort
• Andrea Louise Allis (50), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alphonse John Wibbenmeyer (34)
• Andries Prijs (65), Almelo
• * Willemijntje van Laar (62), Amsterdam

• 1944 » Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
• 1944 » Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
• 1944 » Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor († 2007)
• 1945 » Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1945 » Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal
• 1946 » Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1946 » Louise Harel, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1946 » Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic
• 1946 » Paul Davies, English physicist and author
• 1946 » Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1972)

• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)

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 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
• February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
• April 30 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
• May 2 » World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
• June 14 » World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
• August 9 » World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.

The temperature on April 22, 1945 was between 5.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C.