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• Johanna Maria Haaksma, Grave Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Huibertje de Zwart, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Petronella Klarenbeek, Westbroek († 2000)
• Randy Steven Krauth, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Noel C. Cook, Verenigde Statn († 2015)
• Renske Verblauw, Den Helder († 2016)
• Leendert Pieter Leijten, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, NLD) († 2020)
• Coby Looij, Den Helder († 2015)
• Christoph Eugène Geldolph ten Houte de Lange, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jo Catrinus (Joep) Hobers, Nieuw-Amsterdam

• Alice Ann Kimball (88), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Angelinus Johannes Franke (93), Monster, Nederland
• Aaltjen van der Vegt (0), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba van Son (81), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• van de Steenoven (0), Breda
• Aaltje van der Heide (84), Steenwijk
• Anna van der Ploeg (73)
• Aaltje van der Heidde (84), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Vuik (77), Gouda
• Arnoldus Theodorus Aaldering (54), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1944 » Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1944 » Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic
• 1944 » Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician († 2019)
• 1944 » Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician
• 1944 » William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor
• 1945 » Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1945 » John McEuen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Robert Urich, American actor and producer († 2002)
• 1946 » Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
• 1947 » Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter († 2016)

• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)
• 1946 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
• 1953 » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1968 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)

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. Arie

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.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.

The temperature on December 19, 1946 was between -10.7 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.