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• Jose Pakbier, Landgraaf († 2009)
• Zuijderduijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jaap Bloem († 2003)
• Josephina Hendrika Pakbier, Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf († 2009)
• Berendina Jolina Jaspers Faijer, Den Ham Vriezenveen Overijssel Nederland († 1998)
• Joyce Ann Withers Burton [Wk NPlsntPBBu]Wk5, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 2001)
• Hendrik van Raan, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Judith A. Waller, Westbury, Wiltshire, England († 2002)
• Johanna Doppenberg, Nijkerk Gld († 1997)
• Gerrit Boonen, Harderwijk († 1945)

• Aafje Floris (71), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Valk (25), Rotterdam
• Abraham Klomp (73), Hoogwoud, Noord Holland
• Adriana Jutte (81), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Agatha Frederika Heskes (47), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Geerling (37), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn)
• Aaltje antonia Hemsbergen (62), Ermelo
• Adrianus Martinus Kornelis Grootenboer (61), Batavia, Indonesië
• Anna Maria van Troost (81), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Louise Heine (0), Heerlen

• 1943 » Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
• 1943 » Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH
• 1944 » Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1944 » Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager
• 1945 » Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer
• 1946 » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1946 » Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1947 » Steve Currie, English bass player († 1981)

• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

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 20 » World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
• February 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
• February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• March 16 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
• 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.
• May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on May 20, 1945 was between 8.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 23.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.