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• Johannes WOLLESWINKEL, Amsterdam († 2023)
• Jurjen van Dalen, Hoogeveen († 2008)
• Frens Waninge († 1950)
• Hindrik Oenze Visser, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Annette Andrea Kooger, Oosterend († 2016)
• Denise Margaret Purtle **** († 2018)
• Antoine Hendrik Schout, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2005)
• Doodgeboren kind Busemeijer, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 1946)
• Anthonia Maria Rosalia Sagius, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Marius Henrica Emilia Leermakers, Loon op Zand († 1946)

• Abraham van de Wege (0), Terneuzen Nederland
• Anna Francisca Mutsaerts (35)
• Anna Elisabeth van der Helden (79), Ermelo
• Aleida Klappe (84), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Thijmensd Klappe (84), Kampen, ov.nld
• Aaltje 't Hart (85), Mijnsheerenland, Hoekse Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Zoë Ghislaine d'Yve de Bavay (62), Ukkel, Brussel
• Aleida Klappe (84), Naaldwijk
• Anna Goedegebuure (22), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Elisabeth Vroonland (58), Amsterdam

• 1944 » Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
• 1944 » Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
• 1945 » Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1945 » Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
• 1945 » Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman
• 1946 » Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
• 1947 » David Byron, English singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1947 » Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer

• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)

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 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.

The temperature on January 29, 1946 was between 1.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.