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• Jaap Hartz († 2007)
• Jannetje Pieternella Montenij, rozenburg († 1989)
• Johanna Maria Lyklema, Apeldoorn († 2012)
• Lammechien Sloot, Hooghalen († 2017)
• Adrie (Aad) Zwartepoorte, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerry Hendrik Werkhoven, Oliver, Brits-Colombia, Cannada († 2010)
• Alida Ludwina van Noort, Rotterdam († 1997)
• Marjan PERSOON († 2005)
• Gijsbert Johan ter Kuile, Bussum († 1947)
• Jean Mullens, Alkmaar († 1983)

• Aagje Hartman (128), Monnickendam, Nederland
• Catharina van Keulen (82), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartha Wilhelmina van der Wel (68), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Constantinus Josephus Nuyts (34), Antwerpen St. Elisabethgasthuis
• Annechien Veldhuis (82), Smilde, Nederland
• Catharina Josepha Hamers (68), Hilvarenbeek
• Christina Dorothea van Rooij (47), Tilburg
• Bauke Haarsma (80), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Josephus van der Peet (69), Anna Paulowna
• Cornelis Wilhelm Hissink (62), Amsterdam

• 1945 » Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
• 1945 » Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
• 1945 » Nancy Davis Griffeth, American computer scientist and academic
• 1945 » Pat Conroy, American author († 2016)
• 1946 » Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress and author († 2015)
• 1946 » Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician
• 1946 » Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
• 1947 » Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
• 1947 » Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist

• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)

• 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 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on October 26, 1946 was between -0.9 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.