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• Arie van der Neut, Willeskop, Utrecht, Nederland († 2024)
• Johannes Sprint
• Andries Pieter Schoenmaker, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Jan Kruithof, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Johan Anthonij de ROO, Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2020)
• Alie de Groot, Steenwijkerwold († 2022)
• Henricus Johannes Petrus Appels, Vessem († 1945)
• Jacobus (Jacques) Koren († 2011)
• George M. Countryman, Verenigde Statn († 1990)
• Fokke Boudewijn Kruk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• Annetta Dorthea Mann (82), Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
• Antonius Dionysius Reynen (79), Oeffellt
• Anna Louiza Frederika Philippina Heijmanns (64), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Maria Molenaar (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Meulendijks (74), Asten
• Abraham Presser (21), Onbekend
• Adriana Cornelia Metha Nobel (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Jinke Gerrits" Gerkes Gerkes (78), Boelenslaan
• Adriana van der Plas (72), Hardinxveld
• * Chester Arthur Slingerland (29), Griesheim

• 1943 » Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
• 1943 » Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 » Hervé Villechaize, French actor († 1993)
• 1943 » Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1944 » Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director
• 1946 » Blair Brown, American actress
• 1946 » Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist († 2014)
• 1947 » Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
• 1947 » Glenn Cornick, English bass player († 2014)
• 1947 » Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic

• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)

• 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 1 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
• February 19 » World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
• May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
• August 30 » The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
• September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
• 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 April 23, 1945 was between 4.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C.