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• Ludevic Joseph (Ludo) Bollen, Alken, België († 2004)
• Hendrik de Zwaan, Nunspeet († 2017)
• Lies Becks, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• N.N. Ester, Zwolle
• aldegonda wilhelmina antonia kamphues, helden-panningen
• Linda E. Anderson, Dennison, Tuscarawas Co., OH († 2005)
• Mary Katherine Busse, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2008)
• Clifford Wynia, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• Bertha Henriëtte van Harten, Oldenzaal († 1946)
• Hendrik Oostra († 2016)

• Andries Nicolai (64), Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Edward CLAXTON (61), Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
• Anna, Levina Berkhoudt (57), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Petronella Ernest (49), Steenbergen
• Arie Kooger (80), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Annes Nicolai (64), Drogeham
• Annie Maria Catharina Moolenschot, Loon op Zand
• antonia Petronella TIMMERS (1), Klundert
• Ann Stevenson Todd (85), Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
• Arie Kooger (80), BERGEN, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic
• 1945 » Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
• 1945 » Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter († 2014)
• 1946 » Barbara Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Beverly Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter
• 1946 » Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach († 2018)
• 1947 » Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
• 1948 » Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Tihomir "Pop" Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer

• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)

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.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• 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 November 16, 1946 was between 1.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.