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• Henricus Petrus Theresia Eerden, Zuidwolde, De Wolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Bertha de Kruijk, Nieuwpoort († 2008)
• Greet Bos, Drachten († 2009)
• Franciscus Antonius Hubertus Johannes Wassen, Veendam, GR Netherlands († 2005)
• Evert Wuijster, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Hendrik Jan Ju, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Bernard Heinrich (Henk) Többen, Klazienaveen gemeente Emmen (NL) († 1945)
• Addy Korthout, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Catharina Frederica Maria Ederveen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Henricus Petrus Theresia Eerden, Zuidwolde († 1999)

• Albertus Schuil (65), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Robijn (47), Franeker
• Adriana Trap (70), Maastricht
• Adriana Cornelia Vader (69), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Cornelis van Gorp (63), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloijsa van Diessen (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Dirks Robijn (47), Leeuwarden
• Albert Engelsman (65), Deventer
• Adrianus van Groezen (61), Made en Drimmelen
• Aalt van Diermen (82), Ermelo

• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• April 29 » World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.
• April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
• August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
• September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
• September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

The temperature on May 10, 1945 was between 12.8 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.