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• Elisabeth Petronella Johanna Schuurbiers, Langeraar († 2005)
• Heintje Teunissen, Putten († 2022)
• Marie Elyce Stolk († 1946)
• Marten KNOL, Leens Groningen Netherlands († 1948)
• Irene Danuta Rysz, Diepholz (Duitsland) († 2015)
• Diny van Reijen, Den Bommel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Graham Robert WEBB, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1966)
• Marinus Kreeft, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Hendrikje Baas, Alblasserdam († 1963)
• Babara Gilchrist († 2021)

• Clara Agnes Halabaugh (81), Canyon, Randall, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Antoinette Cuyx (89), Guigoven, België
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Elisabeth Vleesenbeek (65), Papendrecht
• Aaltje Binnes Klaver (78), Jubbega-Schurega, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus PIEBENGA (3), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharine Grassmeher (65), Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany
• Anna Maria Former (75), Heemstede
• Arnodus Michaël Helmich (85), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Michaël Helmich (85), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Former (75), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant († 1970)
• 1945 » Ed Caruthers, American high jumper
• 1945 » Judy Nunn, Australian actress and author
• 1945 » Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1979)
• 1945 » Tony Dow, American actor
• 1946 » Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
• 1947 » Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic († 2004)
• 1947 » Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
• 1947 » Yves Landry, Canadian cyclist

• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)

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 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
• September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.

The temperature on April 13, 1946 was between -0.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.