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• Johan Heeling, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Bernhard Jozeph (Ben) Zwaga, Steenwijk († 2000)
• Antoinetta Hubertina Schoffelen, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 1975)
• Jan Hendrik Martens († 2017)
• Helena, Henriëtte BANCKEN, Neerpelt, 3910, Limburg, Vlaanderen, België
• Judy A. Davis († 2016)
• Emilie Marianne Bais, Den Haag († 2022)
• Karel Kuhnen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• van Berkel, Tilburg († 1945)
• anthonie HOFSTEE, berkel en rodenrijs(ZH) († 2017)

• Arendina Hendrika Roeterdink (71), Markelo
• Antje WAGENAAR (80)
• Adrianus van der Meijde (77), Spijkenisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Pablos Duran (39), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alpha Leocadia Moore (72), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
• Antonetta van Gils (69), Made
• Anna Hendrika Dalhuizen (66), Olst
• Adriana Mikkers (71), Eindhoven
• onbekend, Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof)
• Andries Anske Andree (77), Akkrum (Utingeradeel), Friesland, Nederland

• 1943 » Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach († 2001)
• 1943 » Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
• 1943 » Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1944 » Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden
• 1945 » Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
• 1945 » Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Paul Smith, English fashion designer
• 1946 » Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec
• 1946 » Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer († 2013)

• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

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.
• January 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
• February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
• February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
• June 26 » The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

The temperature on July 5, 1945 was between 9.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.