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• Dirk Peter Huibert van der Meijden, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1988)
• Barbara E Kinzel, Louisiana († 2001)
• Johanna Greta Dominicus Zwarthoed, Edam († 2020)
• Jacob Willem Padmos, Velsen († 2005)
• Dirk Peter Huibert van der Meijden, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1988)
• Leo Willem Sterk († 2020)
• Maria van de Rande († 1997)
• Elisabeth Teuntje DALEMANS, Zevenbergen († 2003)
• Harmen Jan Berkenbosch, Steenwijkerwold († 2021)
• Jerald Anthony Bode, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa († 1987)

• Aukje HALMA (71), Tietjerksteradeel(Friesland)
• Adriana Demmers (74), Gilze en Rijen
• Arend Johannes Ramaker (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Hubertina Pollaert (51), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Broekhuysen (62), Assen
• Arie Littooij (40), Terneuzen
• Anna Broekhuijsen (62), Assen
• Augusta Robberdiena Kool (83), Rotterdam
• Catharina Roelfine Goeman (53), Jemgum
• Agnes Petronella Huberta Schraven (58), Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland

• 1943 » Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary
• 1943 » Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
• 1943 » Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias († 2019)
• 1944 » Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Belzer, American actor
• 1945 » Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach

• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)

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. Gerardus
16. John

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.
• 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.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
• December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

The temperature on August 4, 1946 was between 10.2 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.