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• Duncan Rainey MacGregor, Dorking, England († 2001)
• Huub Ramackers, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)
• Maria Johanna Gerarda Meulemeester, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1946)
• Josephus Joannes Gieles, Den Burg († 1976)
• Johannes Franciscus Maria Fleuren, Utrecht, Nederland († 1987)
• Marijtje van Eijk, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Jozefes Johannes Gieles (Joost), Den Burg († 1976)
• Marie baronne d'Huart, Louvain (Belgique) († 2005)
• James Arwood Hollandsworth, Floyd County, Virginia († 1991)
• Folkert Klaver, Ferwerderadeel († 1945)

• Albertje Oost (75), Exloermond
• Adriana Swolfs (76), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Adriana Maria Koets (66), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Aagje Smit (29), Amsterdam
• Anthonie Poot (82), Edam
• Albertje Hendriks Groen (87), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Huis in ·Äòt Veld (69), Voorburg
• Alida Maria Petronella Voogd (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Swolfs (76), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Antonia Petronella Eummelen (0), Sittard, Limburg (Nederland)

• 1943 » Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1943 » Lucius Shepard, American author and critic († 2014)
• 1943 » Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer
• 1944 » Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• 1944 » Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 » Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor († 2006)
• 1945 » Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
• 1945 » Patty McCormack, American actress
• 1945 » Willie Lanier, American football player

• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

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 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
• January 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
• April 29 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.
• May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
• August 15 » Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.

The temperature on August 21, 1945 was between 11.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.