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• Judith Ann Swearengin, North Port. Sarasota County, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Emilia Augusta Gerarda Marie (Mili) Schellart, 1947 († 2012)
• Johanna Crooijmans, Zutphen († 2016)
• Harmannus Johannus (Herman) Wilbrink, Sappemeer († 2018)
• Catharina Anna Maria van Kempen, Oeffelt († 1991)
• Leonardus Henricus Jozef Dijkman Dulkes, Beverwijk, Beverwijik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Abraham Gerrit (Bram) Vermeulen, Den Haag († 2004)
• Gijsbertje Wilhelmina van Deutekom, Ophemert († 1946)
• James Marvin Orton, St. Cloud, MN
• Dirk Jan van de Water, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 2006)

• Anna Dames (81), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Arend Nijenkamp (49), Almelo
• Anna Linschoten (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amelie Geyskens (66), Molenstede, 3294, België
• Cornelia Maria Christina van de Laar (71), Goirle
• Catharina Johanna Oostdijk (15)
• Antonia Geertruida Maria de Vries (71), Udenhout
• Albert SCHEEPER (81), Eindhoven
• Antonia Geertruida de Vries (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelie Geyskens (66), Molenstede

• 1943 » Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
• 1944 » Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1945 » Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
• 1946 » Edwina Currie, English politician
• 1946 » Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author († 2013)
• 1947 » Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician, Qawwal & World Music artist († 1997)
• 1949 » Tom Mees, American sportscaster († 1996)

• 1926 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 1930 » T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)

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.
• February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

The temperature on October 13, 1946 was between 8.6 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.