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• Dale-Alan Hoekstra, Kankakee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Hendrik Ganzeboer, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus Johannes Bosco De JEL († 2016)
• Gerardus Dietvorst, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Johanna Christina Berendsen, Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2008)
• Gerardus C.D. Dietvorst, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Annette Marja Edna TAAT, Boskoop,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND († 1994)
• georgette nicole LIENARD, Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut († 1987)
• Adrianus Joanna Spiljart, Tilburg († 2004)
• Adrianus Joanna Spiljard, Tilburg († 2004)

• Anna "Maria v.d.hl. Angela" Gartmann (71), Angers /, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje van den Ende (77), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hazenoot (24), Katwijk
• Aagtje van den Ende (77), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hagenaars (73), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• BAREND VAN DORST (86), ROTTERDAM
• Aaltje Kooij (79), Arnhem, Nederland
• Berend Boertien (78), Hoogeveen nederland
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil (75), Wateringen
• Barend van Dorst (86), Rotterdam

• 1943 » Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer († 2019)
• 1943 » Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » J. A. Jance, American author and poet
• 1945 » Arild Andersen, Norwegian bassist and composer
• 1945 » Carrie Snodgress, American actress († 2004)
• 1945 » Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35th President of Brazil
• 1946 » Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1946 » Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer
• 1946 » Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut († 2014)
• 1949 » Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band) and record producer

• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)
• 1953 » Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
• 1957 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Enrico Mattei, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (b. 1927)

• 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 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
• 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.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.

The temperature on October 27, 1946 was between 3.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 16.0 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.