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• Maria Neeltje Filius († 2015)
• Gerrit van Asselt († 1968)
• levenloos van de Kemp, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Hanna Berendina Schutte, Aalten († 1945)
• Hendrika Maria Holtkuile, Boerhaar († 2020)
• Barry Chandler, Rochford, Essex, England († 1994)
• Abraham Van Waarden († 1945)
• Gerrit van Asselt († 1968)
• Anna Catharina Rooders († 1945)
• Leo van Ravestein, Vlijmen († 1995)

• Abraham Van Waarden (0)
• Adrianus HOOGENBOEZEM (78), Lekkerkerk (tot 1985) Nederlek (1985-2015) Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Pieter Wilhelmus Lanson (65), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Bak (47), Alkmaar
• Adrianus Pot (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Hoeven (90), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Schooten (26), Neuengamme (D)
• Albertus Nicolaas Riebeek (38), Neuengamme
• Warner Salomons (33), Vught
• Aaltje Giethoorn (81), Hoogeveen

• 1943 » Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
• 1943 » Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer († 1985)
• 1943 » Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor
• 1944 » Pete Staples, English bass player
• 1944 » Peter Doyle, English bishop
• 1945 » Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1945 » Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach
• 1946 » Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
• 1946 » Norm Chow, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player

• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)

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.
• April 7 » World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
• May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
• May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
• July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
• August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
• October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

The temperature on May 3, 1945 was between 2.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.