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• Frederik Ewoud van Santen († 2004)
• Anthonie (Mr.) Henri André (Thon) Groenendijk, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Doodgeboren Kind KRUITHOF, Klaaswaal († 1946)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Beuwer, Raalte († 1957)
• Everardus Johannes Adrianus Maria van Pinxteren, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2024)
• Geertruida Wilhelmina Maria Stolk, Poeldijk, Nederland († 2020)
• Arie 't Hart, Pernis (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2014)
• Jan Brouwer († 1947)
• Gerard Roelofs, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2015)
• Conrad Hastings Harrington († 1998)

• Aaltje Bleeker (83), Heerhugowaard,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kattenberg (86), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Heijdekamp (72), Holte (Gem. Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Geertrui Frens (71)
• Alan William HEBER-PERCY (81)
• Caroline Antoinette Marie Paijens, nijmegen
• Adrianus Antonius MAAT (75), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernhard Dietrich Kortum (58), Miles City, Custer, Montana (USA)
• Bouwe Popkes de Boer (84), Wijckel
• Aaltje Bleeker (83), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 » Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor († 1988)
• 1945 » Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
• 1945 » John Lithgow, American actor
• 1945 » Martin Welz, South African journalist
• 1945 » Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
• 1946 » Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor († 2017)
• 1946 » Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist
• 1946 » Philip Pullman, English author and academic

• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)

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. 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. 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.
• January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• 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 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.

The temperature on October 19, 1946 was between 2.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.