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• Harry Dean Cook, Pendleton, Madison Co., IN († 1996)
• Cornelia Theresia Kapitein, Amsterdam († 1946)
• Frederik Willem Bijkerk († 2008)
• Gene Arlo Rindels, Fillmore County (Minnesota) († 1995)
• N Gijsbers, Nijmegen
• Michael William Henshaw, Blackburn, UK († 1983)
• Peter Henricus Looymans, Budel († 1946)
• levenloos de Bruin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1946)
• Andries de Ridder, De Koog († 2014)
• Marcel Anton Gustaaf Kerkhof, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)

• Aloisia Neuper (32), Hartberg,Fürstenfeld,Steiermark,Österreich,A
• Anna Elizabeth BODMER (77), Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Sebregts (73), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertus Roelofs (78), St Jansteen
• Adrianus Kollau (73), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Jane Spires (63), Queensland, Australia
• Anthonij Arnoldus Meere (34), Enschede
• Adriaantje De VRIES (71), Brandwijk
• Allegonda Heidstomman (78), Nijmegen
• Antje Hut (75), grotegast

• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic
• 1948 » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
• 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.
• August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on February 8, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 53.9 mm of rain during 22.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.