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• Anne Osinga († 1947)
• Jan Brouwer, Urk († 2017)
• Geertruida Maria, Gerda Scholte, 's-Gravenhage († 1995)
• Dorthy Ann Bishop, Kansas City, Missouri († 1947)
• Frans Henri Rosalia Sauvillers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 2018)
• J.w.l. Hendrikx († 2014)
• Jan Bos, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Geert Bos († 1975)
• Eulalie Gerarda Poorters, Lommel († 2004)
• Gerald Kent Brailey, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1998)

• Adriaan van Ree (3), Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Moesker (2), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Warsen (49), Leerdam
• Abe van Vliet (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Feith (74), Velp
• Arendje van der Sluis (63), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Feith (74), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje (Alice) Jilles Elzinga (85), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Willem Hoogenkamp (62), Enschede
• Adrianus van den Bogaart (66), Oostelbeers

• 1944 » Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Pat Woodell, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1944 » Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic
• 1945 » Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
• 1947 » Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
• 1947 » Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1948 » Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
• 1948 » Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
• 1948 » Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 » Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1956 » John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)

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 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• 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.

The temperature on July 12, 1946 was between 11.1 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.