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• Johanna Christina Theresia Lingg, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Aaltje jellema († 1946)
• Albert (Bert) de Jonge, Steenwijk († 2014)
• maria elisabeth johanna hendrika (mariet) hendricks, helden-panningen
• Patricia Ann PEARSON († 2019)
• NN Oordt, Seattle, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Marijke Paulina Barbara Gelens, Hoeven († 2013)
• NN Nijenhuis, Heteren († 1946)
• Cornelis Jozef Maria ter Weijden, Blaricum († 2024)
• Wilhelmus Jacobus Johannes Maria Warmoeskerken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)

• Adrianus Brouwer (76), Weesp
• Adriana van Helden (43), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• André Marie Gaston Le Caron de Fleury (82), Paris
• Aart van Huenensteijn (77), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Brouwer (76), WEESP (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• André Le Caron de Fleury (82), Paris, 75056, France
• Aldegonda Elisabeth HURKMANS (78), Lommel Belgie
• Antje Schavemaker (72), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Josephina Cocu (78), Rotterdam
• Albert Derk Koch (0), Delfzijl

• 1944 » Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
• 1944 » Carl Morton, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1944 » Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 » Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1945 » Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau († 2013)
• 1946 » Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1946 » Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler († 2019)
• 1947 » Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist († 2018)
• 1947 » Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

The average temperature on January 18, 1946 was -3.8 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.