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• Frederik Johannes Maria Blokland, 's-Gravenhage († 2001)
• Antonius Maria Machielsen, Breda († 1949)
• Marinus Toontje van As, Giessen († 1988)
• Egberdina Johanna Aletta (Annelet) Broekhuis, Twello, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerardus Wilhelmus Hendricus Joannes (George) Zuijderwijk, Den Haag, Nederland († 2020)
• Mary Todd **** († 2017)
• Rob Schuil († 2019)
• Frederik Johannes Maria Blokland, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Franciska Bakker († 2006)
• Dennis George Kellar, Sibley, Osceola County Iowa († 2003)

• Berend Jan Zwichelaar (67), Coevorden
• Cecil Ronald White (21), Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Jacomina Kurvink (65), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Aleida Olthof (58), Ridderkerk
• Bernard Ebbers (78), Doetinchem "Het Goor" IJzevoorde
• Berend Jan van Zwichelaar (67), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna EliSabeth Fonda (73), San FranciscoCA
• Cornelia Jacomina Kurvink (65), Sint-Annaland
• Cornelia Theodora van Zetten (21), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Arie Hendrik van Soest (95), Oudenhoorn, 3227, Nederland

• 1944 » Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
• 1945 » Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Jerry Harris, American sculptor
• 1945 » Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
• 1945 » Keith Hampshire, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host
• 1945 » Tony Pond, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1946 » Bobby Rush, American activist and politician
• 1946 » Diana Quick, English actress
• 1946 » Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1947 » Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host

• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

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.
• 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.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• 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 23, 1946 was between 2.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.