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• Elizabeth C.M. (Bep) Gardien, Honselersdijk, Nederland († 2001)
• Arthur Winfried Hein DOCTERS van LEEUWEN, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Howard E Rippel Sr († 2000)
• Franklin Advocaat, Rotterdam († 1961)
• David Allen Stumpf, Los Angeles, California
• Cornelis Sandy Rijskamp, Groningen († 2022)
• Hans Meeuwis Matheus Küster, Harderwijk († 1945)
• joseph willem maria (jos) smolders, helden-panningen († 2004)
• Clazina den Engelsman, Middelburg († 1945)
• Bill E. Simons, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)

• Adriana Maria Helena Jansen (2), Breda
• Adolf Luser (71)
• Adrianus Theodorus Immers (35), Rosrath, Duitsland
• Adrianus Antonius Groffen (78), Bergen op Zoom
• Alice Jacobi (58), Auschwitz (Pl)
• Anna Bartels (76), Doetinchem
• Andries Sellies (24), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wietschorke (31)
• Andreas Joanes Maria Stoffels (84), Wassenaar
• Andreas Joannes Maria Stoffels (84), Wassenaar

• 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)

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 8 » World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• April 14 » Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
• April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
• September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.
• October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

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.