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• Franklin Advocaat, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Benjamin Zwiggelaar († 2022)
• Hermanus Petrus Maria Alkemade, Amsterdam
• Francina Maartje Vermaat, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Antonetta, Steenbergen
• Elizabeth C.M. (Bep) Gardien, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelia Frankenhuizen († 2003)
• Clazina den Engelsman, Middelburg († 1945)
• Doeije Dirks de Jager, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Bill E. Simons, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)

• Aafke Toren (0), Leeuwarden
• Alida Cornelia Remmerswaal (79), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aatje Christina Antje Hulshoff (65), NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Roes (82), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Rover (82), Rotterdam
• Albertus Andreas de JONG (14), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Joanes Maria Stoffels (84), Wassenaar
• Alice Angress (61), Holocaust
• Akkers (29)
• Aaffien Tulp (79), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1943 » Johnny Greaves, Australian rugby league player
• 1943 » Pat Barker, English author
• 1944 » Bill Legend, English drummer
• 1944 » Gary Glitter, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, Dutch jurist and politician
• 1945 » Janine Haines, Australian politician († 2004)
• 1945 » Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
• 1945 » Mike German, Baron German, Welsh educator and politician, Deputy First Minister for Wales
• 1946 » André Boulerice, Canadian politician
• 1946 » Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher, author, and academic

• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 » U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)

• 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 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
• April 9 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
• April 27 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
• May 2 » World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
• May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
• June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.

The temperature on May 8, 1945 was between 10.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.