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• Donald O'Neal Jones, Logansport, Indiana († 1994)
• Maria Jacoba (Ria) Spiegels, Dortrecht († 2000)
• George Bernardus Nederstigt, Haarlem († 1994)
• Sherrill Ann 'Sherry' OWEN, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, ETATS UNIS († 1997)
• Cornelis van Ginhoven, Koudekerk aan de Rijn († 2009)
• Jan Slomp, Zwartemeer, gemeente Emmen, Drente, Nederland († 2005)
• Jenneke Geurs, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Robert Henri Leonardus Gorter, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Gerritje van Es († 2022)
• Hendricus Cornelis Maria (Hein) van Weerdenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Cornelia Petronella Josephina Bosma (38), Rotterdam
• Anne van der Molen (71), Warfstermolen, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Andrew Oliver Orrell (62), Garland Co., Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• David Jonathan Harris (63)
• Adriana Eleonara Fresco (34), Maastricht
• Cornelis Boet (77)
• Anne Klazes van der Molen (71), Burum
• Adriana Eleonora Fresco (34), Maastricht
• Cornelia van Hooijdonk (39), Utrecht
• Catharina Pieternella Verhulst (17), 's-Gravenhage

• 1942 » Don S. Davis, American actor († 2008)
• 1943 » Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary
• 1943 » Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
• 1943 » Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias († 2019)
• 1944 » Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Belzer, American actor
• 1945 » Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter

• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)

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. John
14. Gerardus
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 9 » World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
• March 3 » World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
• April 4 » World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
• May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
• May 9 » World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.
• September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

The temperature on August 4, 1945 was between 11.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.