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• Jozef Johannes Koonings, Leunen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1947)
• Sara Krijna Drooger, Vlaardingen († 2001)
• Marinus Polling, Exloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Cornelis Gerardus Maandag, Zutphen (GL) († 1946)
• Jochem Schonewille, Geeserveld, Oosterhesselen († 1970)
• silvester andreas hendrikus kluijtmans, helden-grashoek
• Clifford Cecil Chisolm, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Anneke Smit, Broek op L'dijk († 2008)
• Leonarus Maria Franciscus Elisabeth Koninkxs, Maasbree († 1947)
• Johannes Maria Zwaard, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Anna Geertruida Oosterwijk (73), Hengelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Albert van der HARST (83), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Aaltje Dirks Stienstra (54), Hallum
• Adrianus Jacobus van Gorp (66), Tilburg
• Arend Naberman (58), Genemuiden
• Aaltje van Dijk (85), Weesp(NH)
• Aaltje van Dijk (85), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Roelofs Klaver (91), Wanneperveen
• Anna Geertruida Oosterwijk (73), Hengelo {OV}
• * Cornelis Martinus Rodi (53), Rotterdam

• 1944 » Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
• 1944 » Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1944 » Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
• 1945 » Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician († 2012)
• 1945 » Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 » Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1945 » Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
• 1946 » Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
• 1947 » Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist

• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
• 1949 » George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
• 1953 » William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
• 1958 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)

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. Gerardus
16. John

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.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• 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.
• September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

The temperature on October 29, 1946 was between 2.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.