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• Bert van Elmpt, Vlodrop († 1998)
• Herman Bastiaan Vaandrager, Deventer († 1948)
• Anna Josephina HULSMAN, Raalte († 1946)
• Jan Huibert Dros, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 1985)
• Catharina Johanna Gerarda Marie van Cromvoirt, Berg en Dal
• Ferdinand Petrus Antonius Poppelier, Keulen, Duitsland († 2003)
• Ferdinand van Koert, Den Haag († 2020)
• Anne Marina Wolter, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Arnoldus Cornelis Kraaijeveld († 2011)
• Irmgard Maria Kennepohl, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 2022)

• Anna Jans Zachtleven (29), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Beerdje ('Bertha') Brommer (83), Holland (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Beerdje (Bertha) Brommer (83), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adelheid von der Decken (88)
• Agatha Catharina Olivier (86)
• Antje Gerdes Bohlen (92), Sandhorst
• Adriana Boer (86), 's Gravenhage
• Albertje Kamphuis (82), Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bartus Onink (78), Maurik, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Schipperen (77), Raamsdonksveer

• 1943 » Hans Heyer, German racing driver
• 1943 » Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
• 1944 » Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
• 1946 » Guesch Patti, French singer
• 1946 » J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
• 1946 » Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
• 1946 » Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
• 1948 » Catherine Quéré, French politician
• 1948 » Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director

• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1945 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)

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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.

The temperature on March 16, 1946 was between -3.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.