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• Johannes Gerhardus Jacobus Spijker, Avereest († 2017)
• Cornelis van der Plas, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gerda Maria Verkaaik, The Netherlands († 2011)
• Frans Vogelezang, Schiedam († 1997)
• Ingrid Wilkbudies, Frankfurt,Hessen,Deutschland († 2000)
• João Carlos Pastre, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2012)
• Arie Hommerson, Hardinxveld, Nederland († 1992)
• Weisenbach, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Gerard Johan John, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Ineke Josephina Gerarda Reekers, Geesteren († 1997)

• Arie van Heiningen (70), Amersfoort
• Antje Kooi (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Willems Bijlsma (70), Harkema-Opeinde
• Cordelia Charlotte Cottell (82), Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
• Christianus Hendricus Jacobus Walterusen Keijser (77), Haarlem
• Anna Emilie Schumann (79), Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Gerhardus Groot Koerkamp (24), Deventer
• Antonius Gerhardus Groot Koerkamp (24), Gorssel / Deventer acte 89
• Adriana Visser (66), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Heines Veenstra (60), amsterdam

• 1943 » Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor († 2015)
• 1944 » Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1946 » Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer († 2008)
• 1946 » Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
• 1946 » Drew Edmondson, American politician
• 1947 » Chris Wallace, American journalist
• 1948 » John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
• 1948 » Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1949 » Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach

• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)

• 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.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

The temperature on October 12, 1946 was between 4.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.