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• Donald Reed Stroup († 1946)
• levenloos Baks, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1946)
• Cornelia Tuitman, Middelstum († 1970)
• Gary R Syhlman, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2013)
• Gerritje Driebergen, Rijnsburg († 2020)
• Franciscus "Frans" Tol, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Larry J Visser († 1986)
• Elvert Vanderlaan, Den Helder († 2017)
• Martin de Vet, Coevoreden, Nederland († 2011)
• Judi Wathena Ford, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1998)

• Adrienne Elise CROOCKEWIT (64), Nijmegen
• Cornelia Grinwis (60), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Frank Allee (73), Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Klooster van .t (65)
• Bertrand (Bertram) Farrar Reynolds (81), Springfield, Tasmania, Australia
• Cathalina Noordam (54), Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland
• CLASINA ELISABETH PLUIJGERS (23), Soest
• Cornelia Anna Witters (46)
• Cormelia Hemmers (11), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Charles Washington Gray (76), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1943 » Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver
• 1945 » Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer († 2019)
• 1945 » Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
• 1945 » Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Stephen Rea, Irish actor
• 1947 » Deidre Hall, American actress
• 1947 » Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster
• 1947 » Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1948 » Franco Gasparri, Italian actor († 1999)
• 1948 » Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer

• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)

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.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

The temperature on October 31, 1946 was between 1.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.