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• Johannes Theodorus (Johan) Ettema, Leeuwarden († 1983)
• Deliana Johanna Stijntje Fallaux, Leiden († 2005)
• Johan Macquiné, Nijmegen († 1946)
• Johan Macquiné, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Jos van der Helm († 2021)
• Hendrika Maria Louisa Foppen, Harderwijk († 1947)
• Harm Feijen, Smilde {DR} († 1947)
• Hendrika Maria Foppen, Harderwijk († 1947)
• Mark Edwin Joldersma († 2015)
• Hantzen Endendijk († 1968)

• Antony Renoud Eduard Herst (25), Soerabaija (Ned Indie)
• Arthur Gordon Fennell (68), Kelly Station, Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
• Anna Christina Gerards (76), Schinveld, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie Slotboom (23), Serpong (Java)
• Aafje Koeman (50)
• Anna Theodora Maria Verstegen (62)
• Arnold August Max Schwemm (61)
• Abraham Romijn (47), Rotterdam
• Auke Leystra (54), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoni(y) Renoud (Renauld) Eduard Herst (25), Soerabaja NL Indie

• 1944 » George Armstrong, English footballer († 2000)
• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1945 » Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator
• 1945 » Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player († 2004)
• 1946 » Jim Kiick, American football player
• 1946 » Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player
• 1947 » Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » John Varley, American author
• 1947 » Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager

• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

The temperature on August 9, 1946 was between 11.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.