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• Benny Beks, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Jan van Benthum, Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• André John Hendrik Schaink, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Helena Hendrika Johanna Smal, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1946)
• Gravekamp, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Everdina Gorter, Nijmegen († 2008)
• NN ten Kate, Enschede {OV} († 1946)
• Lawrence Jon "Larry" Balvance, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA († 2005)
• Cornelis Johannes Gosens, Gilze en Rijen († 1949)
• Jay Scott Sneed, Bethesda Mon, Maryland († 2004)

• Bernardus Woutherus van Iersel (89), Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Bastiaantje BREDIUS (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Ulbes [Agatha] Wynia (80), Columbus, Stillwater, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Woutherus Wouterus van Iersel (89), Tilburg
• Adrianus Hendrikus Dappers (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Verwaijen (83), Rotterdam
• Antje Zuur (81), Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Bannink (90), Enschede
• Antoine Henri Jean Louis Marie de Tulle de Villefranche (66), Paris
• Aaltje Roelofs Klaver (91), Wanneperveen

• 1944 » John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 2002)
• 1944 » Nona Hendryx, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1944 » Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
• 1945 » Amjad Ali Khan, Indian classical Sarod player
• 1945 » Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1947 » France Gall, French singer († 2018)
• 1947 » John Doubleday, English sculptor and painter
• 1947 » Tony Zappone, American photographer and journalist
• 1947 » William E. McAnulty Jr., American lawyer and judge († 2007)
• 1948 » Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
• 1950 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953 » James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)

• 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.
• January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• 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 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.

The temperature on October 9, 1946 was between 5.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.