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• Kind Wolf, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Jan Maarten van der Heiden, Schoonrewoerd († 2008)
• Hendrikje Duinkerken († 2010)
• Jaap BIJL († 2022)
• Barbara Elaine Groenendijk († 1969)
• Coenradus Benedictus Auxilius Kerckhoffs, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Katharina Jacoba Wijker, Falmouth († 2023)
• Hermanus Hubertus Gerardus van Lijf, Maastricht († 2007)
• Akke Holtrop, Rotsterhaule (Haskerland) († 2021)
• Hendrik Peter van Engeldorp Gastelaars, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1992)

• Andries Kik (91), Rotterdam
• Adam Redert (71), Dordrecht
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth KONING (67), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha de Nijs (59), Haarlem
• Antoon Harlaar (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Luijken (34), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Nieuwlaat, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Antonius Petrus Dirkzwager (0), Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Adriaunus Gerardus Michael van Grunsven (0), Deurne
• Antonie Bax (77), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1942 » Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1942 » Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1943 » Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor († 2004)
• 1943 » Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
• 1944 » Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic († 2015)
• 1945 » Jerry Quarry, American boxer († 1999)
• 1945 » Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
• 1946 » Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
• 1947 » Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)

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.
• February 3 » World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
• February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
• 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 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
• May 2 » World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
• May 4 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.

The temperature on May 15, 1945 was between 9.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.