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• Dennis L. Sr., Newburgh, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Catharina Maria van Nieuwaal, Middelharnis
• Gerhard Brinkman, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1949)
• Florence, Pie-Joen Lie Wah Hing († 2001)
• Jan Holverda, Katwijk aan zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Danielle Fortgens, Haarlem († 2015)
• Johannes Westerweel, voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Johannes (Jan) Westerweel, Voorburg ZH, Nederland († 2008)
• - Trip, Emmen († 1946)
• Catharina Hendrika Johanna Hol, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Albertus Smits (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van de Kamp (60), Amersfoort
• Alida Springer (47)
• Anna van de Kamp (60)
• Andreas Petrus Ruhe (56), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• - Fontijn (0), Leiden
• - Trip (0), Emmen
• Anna Josephine Mourax (93), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Antonie Hakkert (64), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Klazes Koen (86), Grouw

• 1944 » Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel († 2012)
• 1945 » Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2009)
• 1945 » Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
• 1945 » Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1945 » Susan Tyrrell, American actress († 2012)
• 1946 » Michel Leclère, French race car driver
• 1947 » B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer († 1990)
• 1947 » David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
• 1947 » Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)

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.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

The temperature on March 18, 1946 was between 1.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.