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• Hendrika Cornelia Brinkman, Wenum-Wiesel († 1947)
• Johanna Christina Theresia Lingg, Amsterdam († 2003)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1946)
• Marijke Paulina Barbara Gelens, Hoeven († 2013)
• Giel Coomans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Marleen Hekerman († 2023)
• Wilhelmus Jacobus Johannes Maria Warmoeskerken, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Albert (Bert) de Jonge, Steenwijk († 2014)
• Auke Kunnen, Rottevalle († 2009)
• Johanna (Jopie) BEKS, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 1947)

• Aart van Huenensteijn (77), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van Hunenstijn (77), Nijkerk
• Alberta Theodora Brandts (63), Bemmel
• Anna D'Hulst (63)
• Adriana van Helden (43), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana Josephina Cocu (78), Rotterdam
• Albertus de Wit (60), Zoetermeer
• Adriana Helena Geensen (54), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella van Bruchem (36), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aafje Duinker (79)

• 1944 » Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
• 1944 » Carl Morton, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1944 » Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 » Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1945 » Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau († 2013)
• 1946 » Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1946 » Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler († 2019)
• 1947 » Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist († 2018)
• 1947 » Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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. 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. 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.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The average temperature on January 18, 1946 was -3.8 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.