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• Johannes Ignatius Maria SOMBROEK, Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Billy Doyle Teague, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, U.S.A († 1946)
• Nanco Wijchgel († 2003)
• Ladell Underwood († 1996)
• Peter Doedes Breuning ten Cate, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• n.n. Dijkhuis, 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnold Tristan Veneman, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Hendrik (Henk) Walsma, Appelscha, Oostsellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Josephus Aloysius Bernardus Cornelia Maria Bertens, Tilburg NB Netherlands († 2006)
• Berend Jan Warmelink († 2023)

• Amalia Augusta Morren (46), Bandoeng, West-Java, Indonesië
• Anna van der land (33), Veenwouden
• Joukje Posthumus (38), Leeuwarden
• Anna Cornelia Boers (90), Dordrecht
• Antje Haagsma (55)
• Arend Blonk (56)
• Aafje de Jong (75)
• Albert Kruiter (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Dijkhuis (0), 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Schilder (73), Monnickendam, Nederland

• 1944 » Coluche, French comedian and actor († 1986)
• 1944 » Dennis Franz, American actor
• 1944 » Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host († 2014)
• 1945 » Don Iverson, American golfer
• 1945 » Elton Dean, English saxophonist and keyboard player († 2006)
• 1945 » Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor († 2015)
• 1945 » Wayne Fontana, English pop-rock singer
• 1946 » John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
• 1946 » Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
• 1946 » Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager

• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)

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.
• January 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

The temperature on October 28, 1946 was between 4.3 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.