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• Jeffrey Gene Strootman
• Jurie Kramer († 1996)
• Idi Vink († 2013)
• Lourdes Schotten, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1948)
• Jelle Grolleman († 1962)
• Hendrikus Theodorus HORSTINK, Voorst († 1990)
• Carolina Maria Johanna Coleta van der Linden, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Hay Henricus Mechtildis Gerardus Rutten, Maasbree († 2014)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Maria Schel, Den Dungen († 1946)
• Arie Buisert Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Clara Wilhelmina Jelgersma (55), Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Barneveld (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Cornelia Bijnagte (79), Poortvliet
• Cornelius Wilhelmus de Kock (59), Tilburg
• Christina Favier (76), Leiden
• Charles Holmes Davis (86), Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Wilhelmus De Kock (59)
• Dirk van Rijsdam (79), Alphen aan de Rijn Z.H
• Antonius Josephus Johannes Blomesath (48), Malang Indonesie
• N.N. Schel (0), Den Dungen

• 1944 » Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
• 1945 » Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist († 2012)
• 1945 » Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
• 1945 » Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician
• 1946 » Jerome Corsi, American theorist and author
• 1946 » Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach
• 1947 » Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
• 1947 » Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1947 » Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator

• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)

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 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on August 31, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.