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• Jantiena Oosting, Eexterzandvoort, Anloo († 1946)
• Alberdina Rodermond († 1995)
• Bouwe Plantinga, Feanwalden († 2017)
• Madeleine Guillaume Paula Slangen, Hasselt († 1989)
• Edith van der Kwaak, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Godelieve Maria Beatrix Kentie, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Margaretha van Poelgeest, 's-Gravenhage († 2007)
• Cornelis antonius maria Jonk, Edam-Volendam († 1946)
• Agnes Marie Tribu, Albany, Albany, New York, United States († 2015)
• N.N. Salari, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)

• Adrianus Valkenburg (79), Eindhoven, Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Leeuwis (0), Wijngaarden
• Adriana Verboom (68), Gouda
• Adriana Maas (70), Oirschot
• Antje Knol (71), Avenhorn, North Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Ham (61), Wijdenes
• Aaltje Gooitzens Brandsma (32), Amsterdam
• Albertus Bennink (69), Borne
• Antje Ham (61)
• Adriana Maas (70)

• 1944 » Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist († 1974)
• 1944 » Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor
• 1945 » Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop
• 1945 » Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal
• 1945 » Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French racing driver and manager
• 1945 » Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman († 2014)
• 1946 » Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager († 2010)
• 1946 » Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1947 » Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director
• 1948 » Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic

• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)

• 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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• 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.
• April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• 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.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.

The temperature on January 22, 1946 was between -4.6 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.