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• Sandra Callear, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• HENDERIKA ZWAANTJE BEISHUIZEN, VEELERVEEN, gem. BELLINGWOLDE, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• N.N. van der Stam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Petrus Jansens, Gilze en Rijen
• Hendrik J. van de Belt, Meppel (Drente) († 2019)
• Albert Harm SCHEERINGA († 2002)
• Paul J Whiteley, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 2009)
• Petrus Jacobus Maria van der Voort († 1946)
• Divera Maria Bruin, Waarland († 2019)
• Antonius Johannes Vonk, Halsteren, Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)

• Agnes McMurdo (80), Canada
• Anna Kerst (80)
• Wolter Okken (0), Hoogeveen
• Clara Dols (19)
• Arend Laarman (80), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Anna Helena Wong-Lun-Hing (59), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Alphonsine Florentine De Backer (37), Gent, België
• Agness McMurdo (79), Canada
• Anne Katherine Anderson (59), Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhard Richard Renken (57)

• 1945 » Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer, founded Buzzco Associates († 2012)
• 1945 » Eddie Brigati, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper
• 1945 » Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and game show host
• 1946 » Claude Charron, Canadian educator and politician
• 1946 » Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author
• 1946 » Elizabeth Connell, South African mezzo-soprano († 2012)
• 1946 » Godfrey Chitalu, Zambian footballer († 1993)
• 1946 » Jaime Nebot, Ecuadorian politician
• 1946 » Kelvin MacKenzie, English journalist

• 1928 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)

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. 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. 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 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

The temperature on October 22, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.