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• Johan Bastiaan Adams, Middelburg († 2019)
• Nanne Auke Bouma († 2002)
• Petrus Antonius Maria van der Knaap, Wateringen († 2017)
• Gerrit Keuter († 1996)
• Alexander II. Karađorđević van Joegoslavië, Londen
• Lawrence A. Seger, St Jacob, Madison, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Karel Anton Matthijsse, Schmerkendorf, Duitsland († 1945)
• Guilherme Giorgi Lacerda Soares, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2014)
• Karel Onstenk, Eefde († 2018)
• Peter Poortenga, Lansing, Illinois, VS († 2021)

• Bernard van Daalen (45), Ngawi, Madioen, West Java, Indonesië
• Catharina Maria Ooteman (0), Grootebroek
• Carolina Christina Lamers (de Boer) (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Nicolaas Wouterlood (65), Ambarawa, Nederlandsch Indie
• Charles Edouard Joseph Maria van Delft (55)
• Antien de Roode (52), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berta Hazelhorst (74), Apeldoorn
• Albert Bos (80), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adam Likuski (71), Hückeswagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Anton van Essen (56), Los Angeles, Californië (USA)

• 1943 » LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator
• 1944 » Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1944 » Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
• 1944 » Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
• 1945 » Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
• 1945 » John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1946 » Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer
• 1946 » Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist († 2009)
• 1947 » Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
• 1947 » Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager

• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (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 4 » World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
• April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
• May 2 » World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
• May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
• May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• September 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.

The temperature on July 17, 1945 was between 8.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.