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• Hennie Oosting, De Kiel († 2002)
• Benno J. de Vries († 2007)
• Marie Gerardine Dekaine, Herstal, 4040, België († 1994)
• Steven den Besten, Apeldoorn († 1946)
• Alfredo Gonzalez Jr, Mission, Hidalgo, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Jan VOS, or 03-01-1946 Kerkrade (NL/LI) († 1993)
• Kind van Uum, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Maria Theresia Catherina Hopman, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Robert,Jacques Postma, Kapellen-Antwerpen
• Tjtske Foekje de Vries, Workum († 2022)

• Adrianus (3) Snijders (71), Prinsenbeek
• Anna Marie Hadl (71), University Park (Dallas Co., Texas)
• Albert Gerhard Dolleman (85), Den Haag
• Antje Kleiker (53), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Snijders (71), Beek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beert Botes (Bert) Schaafsma (71), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria van der Put (76), Tilburg
• Adrianus Johannes Hombergen (17), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vos (82), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Hendrika Terstall (75), Amsterdam

• 1943 » Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 » William Duckworth, American composer and author († 2012)
• 1945 » Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author
• 1945 » Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1946 » Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
• 1946 » Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1947 » Carles Rexach, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1947 » Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » John Lees, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician

• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 » Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
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. Aaltje

• 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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.

The temperature on January 13, 1946 was between -1.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.