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• Hubertus Petrus Maria Struive († 1986)
• Johanna Helena Gerarda Maria van Gaal, amsterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• NN Drijfhout, Feerwerd, NL-GR († 1946)
• Jan Cornelis Gardina Van Utrecht, Bergh († 1946)
• (Stillborn) DRIJFHOUT, Feerwerd Friesland Netherlands († 1946)
• Celia (Selia) VALK († 2007)
• Eric Onraedt, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 2021)
• Karel Derks, Rheden († 2019)
• Hans BOSMAN JANSEN, Dordrecht († 2015)
• Celia Valk, Oosternijkerk († 2007)

• Chester Clyde Talley (57), Greenville County, South Carolina
• Joseph Heeffer (76), Roosendaal
• Alida Maria Hedwig Zonneveld (0), Noordwijk
• Bill M. Poole (68)
• Anna Janna Hack (87), Ermelo
• Adriana Maria van Kaam (38), Wouw
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Bergenhenegouwen (64), Den Haag
• Catharina van den Brink (11), Zeist zie Utrecht-Zeist
• Berend Zweers (73), Haarlem
• Aaltje van Hamersveld (31), Soest (UT, NLD)

• 1943 » David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
• 1945 » Maurice Bembridge, English golfer
• 1946 » Alan Rickman, English actor and director († 2016)
• 1946 » Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer
• 1946 » Bob Ryan, American journalist and author
• 1946 » Tyne Daly, American actress and singer
• 1947 » Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Olympia Snowe, American politician
• 1948 » Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer († 2015)
• 1949 » Frank Brunner, American illustrator

• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)

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 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

The average temperature on February 21, 1946 was 2.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.