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• Johannes Abraham Tini (Jan) Geerts, Fijnaart, Nederland († 2006)
• N N Luiken, Zwolle († 1946)
• Jacob van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Jean Charles Evrard Marie Raymond Xavier Gaëtan Joseph Ghislain VAN LIMBURG STIRUM, Etterbeek Brussels Belgium († 2020)
• Mariette (Marjet) Schoenmakers, Hilversum († 2006)
• Dionne Maria van ELSWIJK, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Dirkje Theodora (Dia) Macdaniël, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frans Lagaaij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Carolyn Jean Westphal, Paullina, O'Brien, Iowa († 2014)
• Olga Boere, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)

• Alberdina Bais (81), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Everardus Brabander (37), Den Haag,-
• Anna Jannetje Bax (51), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Duson (84), Noordgouwe
• Alexander Ludwig Maximilian Maria VON ELVERFELDT (76), Canstein
• Anna Maria van Lieshout (79), Tilburg
• Alexander Lodewijk Maximiliaan Maria Vrijheer van Elverfeldt (76), Slot Canstein, Marsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Anna Jannetje Bax (51), Arnhem
• Adila Paulina Callens (82), Oekene,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Antonius Everardus Brabander (37), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft († 2016)
• 1944 » Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
• 1945 » Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After)
• 1946 » Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic († 2015)
• 1946 » Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author († 1994)
• 1946 » Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 » Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter
• 1948 » Peter Combe, Australian entertainer

• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)

• 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 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 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.
• 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 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• 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.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on October 20, 1946 was between 7.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.