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• Aleida Maria Everdina Gorter, Nijmegen († 2008)
• Thijs (Gosses) Dam († 1979)
• Thie Katerberg, Dwingeloo († 2020)
• Eddy Van Trier, Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2003)
• Fernando Rocha Brant, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 2015)
• Larry J. Balvance, Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa († 2005)
• Geke (Geeske) ROZEMA, Ulrum († 2012)
• Henk van Dorp, Oldebroek († 2010)
• Adriana Catharina Voeten, Bergen op Zoom († 2020)
• Hendrik van Dorp, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2010)

• Antje Zuur (81), Scharmer, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Wouterus van Iersel (89), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegonda Dietvorst (80), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Bernardus Woutherus Wouterus van Iersel (89), Tilburg
• Bernardus Woutherus Wouterus van Iersel (89), Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Brasters (71), Utrecht
• Antoine Henri Jean Louis Marie de Tulle de Villefranche (66), Paris
• Antoine Henri Jean Louis Marie De Tulle De Villefranche (66), Paris, Ville-de-Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Clara Kippersluijs (32), Utrecht
• Antje Hiemstra (73)

• 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)

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. John
16. Gerardus

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.
• 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 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

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.