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• albertus johannes hermanus (bert) peeters, venray († 2001)
• Hendrika Adriana Maria Wagemakers, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Hendrika van de Kraats († 1946)
• Jan Meun, Urk, Gemeente Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2015)
• Johanna Jansen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan MEUN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2005)
• "Michel" Raymond Romain Trimouille, Boynes, Loiret, France († 1992)
• Leonardus Bernardus van der HELM, Delft († 1946)
• Max Biemans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Maria Aleida Catharina Bouwhuis († 2021)

• Aleida Korthof (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Half (0), Velsen, Netherlands
• anna maria gertrudis van den berg (67), helden-panningen
• Anne Marie Virginie Robijns (72), Wellen, België
• Albert Albertsz Wijker (37), Haarlem
• Anne ter Veer (76), Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Maria De Leeuw (6), Utrecht
• Adolf George Frederik Kniphorst (63), Groningen
• Adolf George Frederik Kniphorst (63), Groningen
• Anna Maria Gertrudis VAN DEN BERG (67), Helden-Panningen, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1945 » Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1945 » Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 » Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1946 » Hayley Mills, English actress
• 1946 » Tommy Shannon, American bass guitarist
• 1947 » Cindy Pickett, American actress
• 1947 » Dorothy Lyman, American actress
• 1947 » James Woods, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia († 2013)

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)

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.
• 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.
• June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on April 18, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.