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• Edward Leopold Figee, Steenwijk († 2021)
• Harry Hulst († 1996)
• johannes franciscus maria BESSELING, den haag († 2008)
• Aalders, Velp († 1946)
• Johan Jochems, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn († 1987)
• Johan Deen, Djakarta (Nederlands Indi ), Nederlands-Indi († 2002)
• Anna Maria (Annemie) van Bussel, Helmond, Noord-Brabant († 1990)
• Carel Hendrik Engelen († 2006)
• Gerrit Rengers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Ed Liefers († 2008)

• Aloisius Johannes Schuermans (75), Tilburg
• Albertus Arnoldus Willemsen
• Barbara Sher (36), Manhattan, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adolf August Cornelis van Dort (77), Bemmel
• ADRIANUS PIETER BOLLE (71), NOORDWELLE
• Anthtonius (TONNY) Jacobus Johannes Willegers (15), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Hendrika Overbeeke (68), Eibergen
• Ambrosius van der Neut (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIANUS PIETER BOLLE (71), NOORDWELLE
• Aurelio Morales Cazares (39), México, Distrito Federal, México

• 1944 » Bobby Heenan, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster († 2017)
• 1944 » Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and author
• 1944 » Oscar Temaru, French-Polynesian soldier and politician, President of French Polynesia
• 1944 » Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon († 2005)
• 1945 » John Williamson, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti († 2013)
• 1946 » Ric Grech, British rock musician († 1990)
• 1946 » Yuko Shimizu, Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty
• 1947 » Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Nick Owen, English journalist

• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

• 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 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• 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 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

The temperature on November 1, 1946 was between 1.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.