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• Doodgeboren zoon Slegers, Geel, België († 1945)
• Cornelia Adriana Maria van den Berg, Tilburg († 1996)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Maria (Ben) Kester, Maasdijk, Nederland († 2024)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Petrus Koekenbier, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Etienne Cyriel Cobbaut, Outer († 1956)
• Guido Van Verre, Anderlecht († 2005)
• Gilberte Bisschops († 2009)
• Andre Van De Vyver, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2006)
• Herman Bisschops, Den Haag, Nederland († 1981)
• Ian (Jan) Hendrik Baas, Zaandam Netherlands († 2005)

• (79), Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Charles Theodorus van de Pol (70), goirle
• Angelus Cornelissens (72), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Henricus Hendrickx (70), Alphen en Riel
• Cornelia Catharina van der Park (79), Castricum
• Anthonia Maria ODIJK (21), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Klink (71), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aegidius Albert Max Luijmes Ir. (44), Pakan Baroe, Sumatra, Indonesia
• Cecil Gaylord Corbin (58), San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
• Beertje Luttikhuizen (80), Nijkerk

• 1942 » Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
• 1942 » Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
• 1943 » James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist († 2016)
• 1943 » Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1944 » Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
• 1944 » Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
• 1946 » Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer († 2019)
• 1946 » Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1946 » Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 » Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright

• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)

• 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 21 » World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
• April 27 » World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
• May 7 » World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
• July 30 » World War II: Japanese submarineI-58 sinks the USSIndianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
• August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
• October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

The temperature on September 16, 1945 was between 13.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.