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• Henrica Theodora Antoinette Maria van Seumeren, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• A.M. Höcker († 1996)
• gerardus marie anna lies dirkx, helden-panningen († 1949)
• Gerrit Willem HONCOOP, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Helmut Ludwig, Feuchtwangen († 2005)
• Grada Johanna Scholten, Doetinchem (GL) († 1945)
• Rietveld, Dordrecht († 1945)
• Jacomina Catolina (Mien, Mia) Boone, Goes († 1995)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1945)
• johanna elisabeth (jeanne) ebisch, helden-panningen († 2011)

• August Van De Sandt (59)
• Andries Willem Schippers (74), Rotterdam
• Arnolda Maria Tinnebroek (79), Liempde, Nederland
• Albertus Pieter van Asselt (59), Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Notten (29), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Huver (74), Enschede
• Ada Lovica Isaacs (75), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Cnty, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius van de Laar (79), Someren-Eind,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Odding (67), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Phillips (78)

• 1943 » Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
• 1943 » Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
• 1943 » Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1943 » Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
• 1944 » Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1945 » Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1978)
• 1947 » Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress
• 1947 » Willy Russell, English playwright and composer

• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)

• 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 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
• April 23 » World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
• October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
• November 16 » UNESCO is founded.
• December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

The temperature on August 23, 1945 was between 11.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.