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• Marinus Jan van Geffen, Delwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Levenloos Geboren SCHILDER, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriaan van Kamp, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Michael John Sonneveldt, Lago, Aruba († 2017)
• Marinus Holthuijsen, 07-08-1945 († 1945)
• Betty Johanna Hettinga († 2014)
• Lammert Bakker, Emmen († 1997)
• Greetje Vossenberg, Den Helder († 2012)
• cor van hoof, dommelen († 2023)
• Gustaaf Somers, Eisden (B) († 2021)

• Aaltje Hofman (80)
• Annigje Warnau (56), Rotterdam
• Christina Johanna Böger (51), Batavia, Ned-Indie
• Adriana Cornelia van Loenhout (74), Halsteren
• Alexander Emil Buck (70), Rotterdam
• Blake Whitten Miles (62), Lineville, Randolph, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Berendina te Mebel (24), Silvolde, Nederland
• Carrie Belle Acre (60), Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio
• Camiel Fidèle Clauw (63), Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussel
• Charles Robson Hines (69)

• 1942 » Garrison Keillor, American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
• 1943 » Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1943 » Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
• 1943 » Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader
• 1944 » John Glover, American actor
• 1944 » Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1945 » Alan Page, American football player and jurist
• 1945 » Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director († 2014)
• 1947 » Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)

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 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
• April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
• May 9 » World War II: The German occupation of the Channel Islands comes to an end.
• May 23 » World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
• August 11 » Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
• August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The temperature on August 7, 1945 was between 7.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.