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• Henk Fehrmann, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2013)
• Catharina Breedeveld, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adrianus van der Horst, Bergambacht († 2016)
• Alfons Nijs, Schriek († 2002)
• Piet Oosting († 2010)
• NN Daniels, Weststellingerwerf
• Adrianus van der Horst, Bergambacht († 2016)
• James R. Allison († 1995)
• Petronella Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Petronella Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Arie de Jongste (65), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria verhoeff (84), Wymbritseradiel
• Anne de Vries (46), Echten, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie De JONGSTE (65), Maasdijk
• Anne Sjoerds de Vries (46), Echten, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arris van Olst (73), Doornspijk
• Antonius (Antoon) Hermsen (72), Mill, Nederland
• Adriaantje Niemantsverdriet (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arris van Olst (72), Doornspijk, Gld, The Netherlands
• Angelina Prince (73), Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Kelly Groucutt, English bass player († 2009)
• 1945 » Lem Barney, American football player
• 1945 » Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 » Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player († 1973)
• 1945 » Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
• 1946 » Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » L. C. Greenwood, American football player († 2013)
• 1946 » Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1947 » Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland († 2015)
• 1947 » Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor

• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)
• 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)

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 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on September 8, 1946 was between 11.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.