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• Francina Catharina Jandr De Ruiter, Delft († 1947)
• Eric Anton Maria Rijckholt Bakker, Den Haag († 2006)
• Elisabeth Jacoba Kraaijenbrink, Leiden († 2006)
• Levenloos geboren Rademaker, Delft († 1946)
• Kornelis Bartele Jansma, Hilversum († 2015)
• Jan Tel, Groningen († 1946)
• Eric Anton Maria Rijckholt Bakker, Den Haag († 2006)
• Hilda Ruiterkamp († 2011)
• Levenloos geboren Rademaker, Delft († 1946)
• Grietje Duijndam, Noordwijk († 1946)

• Anna Adelheid Bartels (45), Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Gritter (90), Sleen
• Arendina Dallinga (81), Groningen
• Ardina van Thiel (67)
• Anna Adelheid Bartels (45), Bergh, Nederland
• * Petrus Borm (72), Amsterdam
• Clara van Houten (56)
• August Alfred Rudolf von Babo Reichsfreiherr (64), Klosterneuburg/+Leningrad
• Albertus Johannes KUSTERS (66), utrecht
• Aafke Miedema (73), Harlingen

• 1945 » Christopher Hill, English bishop
• 1946 » Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter
• 1946 » Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1946 » Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host
• 1946 » John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2020)
• 1946 » Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
• 1946 » Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1946 » Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic
• 1946 » Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer

• 1930 » Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1935 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
• 1963 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)

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.
• 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.
• 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 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on October 10, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.