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• Daniël(Daan) Hofstede, Heerde († 2019)
• Hubert Antoon Leonard Crapels, Nuth, Nederland († 1946)
• Jacob Offermans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Hendrik Johannes Sanders, Den Helder († 1970)
• Aafke van der Veen, (GR) Middelstum († 2013)
• ? Bosma, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1946)
• Arie Jacobus Vermeer, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 2010)
• Harry Rondhuis, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2025)
• Hendrik Johannes Sanders, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Jan Schippers, Avereest († 2023)

• Charles William Lehnhard (74), Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Actious Yonker Morris (47), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Hillegonda Schermer (75), Alkmaar
• Anna Cornelia Leenaerts (82), Wuustwezel (B)
• Anna Agatha Langemeyer (67), Osnabruck
• Antonia van Herp (75), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ? Bosma (0), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Jan Dijkslag (54), Zwolle
• Anthonie van Doorn (65), Rotterdam
• Antonia van Herp (75), Dussen, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1944 » Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic
• 1944 » Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress († 2006)
• 1945 » Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
• 1946 » Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
• 1946 » Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1946 » Michael Mullen, American admiral
• 1946 » Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
• 1947 » Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• 1947 » Jim Fielder, American bass player
• 1947 » Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)

• 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 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on October 4, 1946 was between 11.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.