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• Anthonius Martinus van Lom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Gerrit Slingeland Hüsen, Dordrecht († 2019)
• Anthonius Martinus van Lom, Amsterdam († 1993)
• James Lee East († 1948)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Koolwijk, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Jorunn Lønning Lønning († 2002)
• Jan Buter, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Ans Schoonman, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Henricus Adrianus Theodorus Eugene (Henk) Hermkens, Venlo († 1999)
• Jan Buter, Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2005)

• Albertus Martinus van de Ven (70), Den Haag
• Cesar De Corte (84)
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• Anna Maria Josephina Oomes (44), Hengelo
• Adrianus Johannes van Haarlem (76), Leerdam
• Arie van der Plas (65), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Baas (3), Hermaij (Ourthe)
• Cesarine Anna Lucie Sommier (71), Parijs
• Aaltje Pieters Heidanus (57), Bilthoven
• Cornelia Catharina Zwanenburg (72), Rotterdam

• 1944 » Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
• 1945 » David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 1945 » Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1947 » Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
• 1947 » Gail Carson Levine, American author
• 1947 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1947 » Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office († 2018)

• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)

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 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• 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.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on September 17, 1946 was between 9.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 24.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.