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• Jean-Marie GRÉGOIRE († 2013)
• Andreas Gerardus van der Aalst, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Elisabeth Johanna de Jong, Barsingerhorn, Nederland († 1946)
• Jan Goffe Helder, Bleiswijk († 1979)
• Gerard Dirk Schipper, Bergambacht († 2016)
• Jeaninne Verborgt, Berchem († 1945)
• Nellie Pricilla Coca, Guadalupita, New Mexico († 1994)
• Jan Jozeph JAGER, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)
• Jean Joseph Vandersmissen, Alken, België († 1982)
• Richard Sandy West, Robeson County,North Carolina († 2002)

• Adrianus Peeters (69), Weelde
• Alida Cornelia Ritz (89), Haarlem
• Anna Irene Lissenberg (0), amsterdam
• Allan Duncan Donn MacDonald (101), Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Alberdina Maria Elisabeth Jansen (77), Zwolle
• Andreas Lodewijk Meerwaldt (45), Batavia, Indonesië
• Aarnout de Wijze (44), Goes, Zeeland, NL
• Antonia Johanna van Mil (70), Tiel
• Anna Barbara Geertruida VAN SLEE, Haarlem
• Anje Moltmaker (38), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1943 » Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
• 1943 » Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1943 » Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
• 1944 » Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer († 2012)
• 1946 » Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1946 » Ron Yary, American football player
• 1947 » Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
• 1947 » Don Burke, Australian television host and producer

• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

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. John
14. Gerardus
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 17 » Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
• January 20 » World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
• April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
• May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
• August 25 » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

The temperature on July 16, 1945 was between 12.4 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.