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• Johannes (Johan) Ottevanger († 1994)
• Jan Cornelis Hoftijzer, Zwartewaal, Nederland († 2012)
• Clara Anne Todd, Kansas City, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• NN van Acquoij, Utrecht
• Jacob Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Gert-Jan de Nooij, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Han Richter († 1947)
• NN Geutjes, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1946)
• Marie-Ange Michelle LEPERLIER, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1947)
• Niding Drenth († 2020)

• Bastiaan Krouweel (Kruweel, Krauweel) (74), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Keller (15), Apeldoorn, GD, Nederland
• Antje Dassen * (73), Eesveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Cornelia van Dalen (83), Arnhem
• Bernard Hendrikus Seleski (70), Breda, Nederland
• Antonia Kleverkamp (85), Elshof (Wijhe)
• Catharine Anna Veenstra (15), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Dob (85), Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Casparus Akveld (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daisy Minerve Coop (48), Bonanza, Klamath County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten

• 1944 » Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1944 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1979)
• 1945 » David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1945 » Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
• 1946 » Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
• 1946 » John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1947 » Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
• 1948 » Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
• 1948 » John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
• 1948 » Stephen Rucker, American composer

• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)

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 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on October 7, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.