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• Gustaaf Karel Jozef (Guus) Mares, Maastricht, Nederland († 2011)
• Hazel Jasper Wesley [WkObCrtrRBu], Shady Grove, Casey County, Kentucky († 2012)
• Hein Plas, Nijmegen († 2005)
• Henrietta J Houzenga, Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois († 1988)
• Joannes Matthias Maria Guns, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2024)
• Gerritje Krooder, De Bilt († 2003)
• Irene Elizabeth Bonn, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Jacobus Johannes Maria Vodde, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Jan Scheerhoorn, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Harmina Gezina Louissen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)

• Bastiaan Joannes Pelger (74), Den Haag
• Christina Gretha Hendrika Sanders (39), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Soest van (76), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia van Dieren (71), Leiden
• Adrianus Besters (77), Bergen op Zoom
• Bastiaantje Brussaard (45), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan VOERMANS (88), Etten-Leur (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriaan Verhulst (63), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Cornelis Broek (1), Velsen
• Arie de Jager (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player
• 1945 » Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator
• 1945 » Lesley Joseph, English actress
• 1946 » Al Oliver, American baseball player
• 1946 » Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
• 1946 » Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
• 1946 » Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
• 1946 » Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 1987)

• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

The temperature on October 14, 1946 was between 9.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.