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• Henri Stievenard, Elisabethville, Shaba, République Démocratique du Congo († 1946)
• Maria Johanna Cornelia Swart, Laren († 2005)
• André Marcel Gertrudis TRUYEN, Opglabbeek (Limburg) (B) († 1946)
• Elias Sebastian Rosales, San Antonio, TX († 2003)
• Herman Post († 2003)
• Hermannus Gerrit Rinket, Gronigen († 1946)
• Jan Berend Plaatsman, Wolvega († 2014)
• Michiel Hubertus Heijmans, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Hilde Schaake, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Evert Timmerman, Muggenbeet († 2019)

• Alphonsius Theodorus Josephus de Cock (80), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Roels Steindam (57), Oostermeer
• Albert Wilhelmus HOLLAND (11), Zevenaar
• Anna Cornelis Vloon (84), Wormerveer, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schothorst (82), Wagenborgen
• Adrianus van den Brink (69), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Holland (11), Oud-Zevenaar
• Alonzo Henry Crider (70), Franklin, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Hendrika Wilhelmina Arnoldussen (48), Vught
• Amalia Henriëtte Maria Wolffers (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1944 » José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1944 » Pat Parker, African American poet
• 1945 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1945 » Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
• 1947 » Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1948 » Nancy Kress, American author and academic
• 1948 » Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
10. Peter
11. Jacob
12. Petrus
13. Adrianus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Helena
15. Yvonne
16. Marianne

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on January 20, 1946 was between -2.7 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.