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• Hille K. Jetzes Tolsma, Sneek († 2001)
• Christiaan Dragt, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2020)
• Hermanna Kortman, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Hannelore van der Weijden († 1995)
• Anthonius Johannnes Maria (Ton) Peters, Deventer, Nederland († 2001)
• Gerben (Ben) VERLOOP, ís-Gravenhage († 2020)
• Hendrik Velten, enter
• Gerard Willem Kramer, Klundert († 1969)
• LEENDERT JACOB BROEKHUIS, Ede († 2017)
• Gerardus Johannes Amsing († 1993)

• Carl August Friedrick Steumke (80), Romeo, Macomb, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Johanna de Vries (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke de Haan (61)
• Cornelia Mel (81), ,, Vogelwaarde, Nederland
• Albert JANNEMAN (69), Zaandijk
• Cornelis Jongbloed (50), Leiden
• Abraham Pieter Chaudron (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Veldhuisen (64), Ede
• AnnaChristina Hartman (62), Laren
• Arthur Alting Siberg (52), Tjimahi (Ind)

• 1943 » Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1943 » Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
• 1943 » John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
• 1943 » Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
• 1944 » Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
• 1944 » Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
• 1945 » Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator
• 1946 » Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
• 1946 » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago († 2016)

• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

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 16 » World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
• March 10 » World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
• April 26 » World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
• May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
• August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.

The temperature on August 17, 1945 was between 12.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.