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• Govert Johan Snoeij, Moordrecht († 1945)
• Frits Wortelboer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• Harrie Bennie Reekers, Geesteren († 2023)
• Jan Sonneveld († 2021)
• Cornelis Arie (Kees) Goudswaard († 2013)
• Annelies Dur († 2017)
• Gerardus Albertus Jacobus Irenus Van Zwieten († 1986)
• David John HOOK, Leura, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia 2780 († 2011)
• Clifford Allen Wiersma, Scott Columbia Co Wisconsin US († 2017)
• Helena Roosenboom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)

• Agatha Warmerdam (38), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Théodore MOURET (69), Dax, Landes, Aquitaine, France
• Anthonius Petrus van der Zwaan (0), Aalsmeer
• Adriaantje Keller (70), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Catharina de Rond (74), Waalwijk
• Agatha Warmerdam (38), Egmond
• Hoeksema (0), Spijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Es (69)
• Amélia Pinto de Andrade (77), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Alida Cornelia du Croix (59), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1943 » Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
• 1943 » Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 » John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director († 2015)
• 1945 » Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1945 » Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1946 » Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician († 2011)
• 1946 » Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist

• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (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.
• April 13 » World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
• April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
• June 5 » The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
• July 17 » World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
• August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
• August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

The temperature on May 5, 1945 was between 4.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.