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• Hendrika Cornelia Brinkman, Wenum-Wiesel († 1947)
• NN Nijenhuis, Heteren († 1946)
• Dineke (Dinie) Van Gaal, Hellendoorn, Nederland († 2009)
• Clara Marianne Rustenburg, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Giel Coomans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Denise Georgette Bogaert († 2015)
• Johanna Aleida Maria van Gessel, Dieren († 1993)
• Hendrik Poortinga († 2020)
• Johanna Christina Theresia Lingg, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Kasper Jan Mourik, Voorburg († 1950)

• Aart van Huenensteijn (77), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Derk KOCH (0), Delfzijl Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Josephina Cocu (78), Rotterdam
• Albert Oosterhof (79), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aart van Huenensteijn (77), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Namen van (74), Krimpen aan de Lek, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Josephina Cocu (78), Rotterdam
• Aart van Hunenstein (77), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van Hunenstijn (77), Nijkerk
• Adriaantje van den Berg (91), Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
• 1944 » Carl Morton, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1944 » Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 » Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1945 » Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau († 2013)
• 1946 » Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1946 » Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler († 2019)
• 1947 » Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist († 2018)
• 1947 » Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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

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. Aaltje

• 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 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

The average temperature on January 18, 1946 was -3.8 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.