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• Anthonie Johannes Blom, Ottoland († 2018)
• Eva Maria Heyl van Herrnsheim, Worms, Rheinland-Palts († 2004)
• Ritman, Wageningen († 1946)
• Harm Zwaantinus Rogaar, Gieterveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Arnoldus Hendricus Maria Dirks, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1948)
• Jacoba Cornelia Haeser, Noordwijkerhout († 2017)
• Giséle de Maat, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2009)
• Danny Ray Dehart, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• James Steven ORBECK († 1989)
• Donald Marinus de Groot, Rotterdam († 2018)

• Antonia Willemina van Santen (77), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus van Der Kaaij (72), Rotterdam
• aart van GANGELEN (73), bennebroek(NH)
• Anne Harmens Hager (82), Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Dirk Steven Colenbrander (78), Nijkerk
• Adam Wald (75), Heerlen
• Anke Hensen (67), Sappemeer
• Anne Harmens Hager (82), Vrouwenparochie
• Alphonsus Desideratus Daenen (60), Brustem, België
• Allen Moses Killingsworth Prince (97), Collinsville, Grayson, Texas, United States

• 1946 » Bryan Hamilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1946 » Cliff Richey, American tennis player
• 1946 » Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
• 1946 » Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 » Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer († 1986)
• 1946 » Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
• 1946 » Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
• 1946 » Raphael Kaplinsky, South African international development academic
• 1946 » Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic
• 1946 » Tim Stevens, English bishop

• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (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.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.

The temperature on December 31, 1946 was between 0.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.