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• Elisabet Wilhelmina Johanna van der Meijden, Rotterdam († 2024)
• Koning, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Antonius Franciscus van Waaijenburg, Deurne († 1947)
• Jacob Baars, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Dirj van Bokkum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Griet Appelhof, St Jacobiparochie († 2007)
• Jaantje Bastiaanse, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Bonnie Jean Knotter, Dublin, Pulaski, Virigina, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• G.A. (Gerda) Groustra († 2023)
• Johannes Rinsma, Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)

• Annastacia Ridderstap (91), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Alida Bac (76), Haarlem
• Arie M van Wyk (62), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Anna Maria Agnes van ter Velden (64), Eindhoven
• Anna Elisabeth Molenaar (82), Oudeschild Texel, Nederland
• Anton Kreijmborg (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Annastatia Ridderstap (91), Aruba
• Adriaan de Kraker (73), Terneuzen
• Antonie Boelen (77), Vlijmen
• Adriaan de Kraker (73), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1944 » Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1946 » Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
• 1946 » Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
• 1946 » Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer
• 1946 » Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
• 1947 » Bill Zorn, folk musician
• 1947 » Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
• 1947 » Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
• 1947 » Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator

• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)

• 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 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
• 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.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• 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 8, 1946 was between 6.6 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.