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• Duane Louis Temple, Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Eduard Bozuwa, Dordrecht († 1995)
• Franz Hötzl
• Linda J. Tolle, Trenton (Missouri)
• James G. Kramer († 2016)
• Aart MOLENAAR, Zaandam († 2018)
• Jacoba Francisca Josepha Maria Naus, Weert († 1947)
• Jacob STUIJ, Sliedrecht († 2016)
• Henry David Spivey († 1966)
• N.N. Ansems, Tilburg († 1946)

• Anna Maria Verhoeven (95), Clinge
• Antje Elisabeth Boot (51), Voorburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Oldenbroek (51), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Palm (63), Epe
• Aaltje Swart (67), Finkum
• Anna Cornelia Pisters (64), Nuth, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alida Wilhelmina Elich (77), Breda
• Grietje Hilberts (87), Emmen Drenthe
• Anna Maria Schouten (70), Haarlem
• Alida Wilhelmina Elich (77), Breda

• 1944 » Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Foreigner)
• 1946 » Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager
• 1946 » Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach
• 1947 » Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician
• 1947 » Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
• 1948 » Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor

• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

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.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

The temperature on December 27, 1946 was between 0.5 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.