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• Cornelia Henrica Hooijen, Bladel († 1947)
• Schell, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1946)
• Gijsbertha Theodora Berg, Leusden (UT, NLD)
• Doodgeboren Kind Reintjes, Didam († 1946)
• Anne Clarke, Ripon UK, Engeland († 2003)
• Brent Alexander Voorst, van, Zeist († 1985)
• Billy E. Reynolds († 1975)
• de Laat, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna ( Jopie ) Oonk († 2012)
• Gerrit Blankestijn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2024)

• Arie Jacobsz Groen (66), Velsen (21-11-1947)
• Auktje Oosterhuis (74), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Tulling (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus van Oosterhout (54), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Barbara Elisabeth RIBBENS (73), Breda
• Anna Elisabeth Viëtor (70), Tiel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Benedictus (Dickie) van Bruggen (0), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arnold Toff (59), Amsterdam
• Schell (0), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Antonetta Maria Snoijs (70), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1943 » Jacques Laffite, French race car driver and sportscaster
• 1943 » Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee
• 1944 » Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1944 » Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1948 » Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer († 2016)
• 1948 » George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
• 1948 » Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon

• 1941 » Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
• 1942 » J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)

• 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 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on November 21, 1946 was between 7.4 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.