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• Nicolaas Josef Budde, Onstwedde († 2001)
• Ardina Diny van Geelkerken, Uden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1998)
• Sergio Gonçalves Maranhão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1955)
• Theodora Baas, Noorden († 2016)
• Cathrien Boeschoten, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Aafje Lutgerink, Tuk († 1950)
• Adriana Helena Debny, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Shirley Jean Luchtenburg, Hampton, Iowa († 2015)
• Hendrik Johannes (Henk) van Dixhoorn († 2017)
• Jan Bakker, Urk († 1985)

• Catharina Francisca van Zeelst (20), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Wagt (65), Appelscha
• Anna Everdina Wilson (93), Schiedam
• Arentje Petronella (Grootje) de Graaf (94), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Francisca van Zeelst (20), Zaltbommel
• Arie Houten (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Muschter (57), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana van Wijde (69), Harderwijk
• Anne Wagt (65), Appelscha, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Scholte (0), Groningen

• 1941 » Dana Ivey, American actress
• 1941 » L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1941 » Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright († 2017)
• 1942 » Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
• 1945 » Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic
• 1945 » Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1946 » Terry Nutkins, English television host and author († 2012)
• 1947 » John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer († 2002)
• 1948 » Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
• 1948 » Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka

• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

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 30 » World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
• April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
• May 4 » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
• June 28 » Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
• July 26 » World War II: The USSIndianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
• November 16 » UNESCO is founded.

The temperature on August 12, 1945 was between 11.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.