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• Koos JACOBS, Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 2023)
• Martien Steenbakkers, Schijndel († 1974)
• Hennie Gijsbers, Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Levenloos geboren kind Oudshoorn, Hilversum
• Jan van Hartskamp († 2001)
• Antonius Franciscus BURKELS, Groningen († 2005)
• Stieneke Idema, Valthermond, Odoorn († 1992)
• Werner Karl MICHELS († 1946)
• Wilhelmina Catharina Margaretha SAP, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Nicolaas Adrianus Hendriks, Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland

• Reugebrink (0), Brummen, Gemeente Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alida Hendrika Althoff (geb. Hanvelder) (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje den Boer (64), Wassenaar
• Antje Vos (57), Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Rosamond Alma (76), Monmouth, Crawford County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Arij Kool (78), Schiedam
• Christina de Keijser (0), Winschoten
• Berendina Graveman (57), Borne
• Antje Kootstra (62), Eindhoven
• Aaltjen Heutink (78), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1944 » Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
• 1944 » Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
• 1945 » Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
• 1946 » Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
• 1947 » Paul Jackson, English director and producer
• 1947 » Ward Churchill, American author and activist
• 1948 » Avery Brooks, American actor and singer
• 1948 » Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager

• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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. 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. 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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 28 » Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

The temperature on October 2, 1946 was between 11.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.