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• Cornelia Maria Theresia Gemma Blokland, Leidschendam († 2023)
• Bruce Edgar Carlisle, Roseboro, North Carolina († 1999)
• van den Broek, Boxtel († 1946)
• Geertruida Maria Katharina Scholtens, TerApel († 2011)
• Ernst Mulder, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Cornelis Jozephus de Goffau († 2021)
• G.L. Balter († 2004)
• Adelfa Garcia, Wilson, Texas († 2010)
• Grietje Oost, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Anthonia Johanna Prot, Den Haag († 1997)

• Agatha Hooftman (47), Leiden
• Adrianus Van Baal (76), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van den Broek (0), Boxtel
• Adrianus Qurinus Kouwenhoven (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agneta Paulina van Zuylen Van Nijevelt (56), Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Frankrijk
• Anna Catharina Dekkers (81), Prinsenbeek, 4841, Nederland
• Agina ARKEMA (72), Taarlo (Vries) Drenthe Netherlands
• Adrianus Hendrikus Schrijver (86), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agneta Paulina barones van Zuylen van Nijevelt (56), Roquebrune
• Andre Phillias Jaussaud (42), Renton Highlands, King County, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1942 » Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host
• 1942 » Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor
• 1943 » Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge
• 1943 » Murtaz Khurtsilava, Georgian footballer and manager
• 1944 » Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician
• 1944 » Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1946 » Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman
• 1947 » Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio
• 1950 » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author († 1991)
• 1950 » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

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. 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. 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 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on January 5, 1946 was between -2.3 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.