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• Cornelis van der Meijden, Herwijnen, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Cor van Gennep, Amsterdam († 2021)
• Ingeborg Karin Prante, Scherfede (D) († 2013)
• Cornelis Marinus Geus, Anna Paulowna († 2005)
• Albertus (Bart) Spoelstra, 's Gravenhage († 2013)
• Edward J Gallagher, New York, New York († 1982)
• Gerrie Dröge, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Jacob Siebe van der Meulen, Akkrum,, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• Hendrik van Kommer, Putten († 1949)
• Jacob Sybe van der Meulen, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)

• Aaltje KORPEL (91), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boertien (54), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Mattie Pritt (66), Elkwater, Randolph County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Joannes Swanen (29), Nijmegen
• Anthnius Petrus Kemp (0), Hoenkoop
• Arien LIEUWEN (78), Terschelling (NL)
• Alexandrina Cesarina Julia Prinz (62), Leidsendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anson Gerald Berkey (0), Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• ADRIANA IN 'T VELD (67), ROTTERDAM
• Anna Pauline Hansen (29), Bo, Nordland, Norway

• 1943 » George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 » Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 » Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 1947 » George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 » James Patterson, American author and producer
• 1947 » Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director

• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)

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 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
• April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

The temperature on March 22, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 39.1 mm of rain during 19.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.