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• Cornelia Josepha Maria Lambrechts, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2020)
• Anthonius Aloysius Maria Kors, Haarlem († 1993)
• Estella Rodriguez, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Cheryle Joyce Burke, Detroit (Wayne County) (Michigan) († 1997)
• Gregory William Smith, Troy, Pike County, Alabama, United States of America († 1999)
• Everijntje van de Peut, Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis (Cor) Tielemans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Antonius Hoefsmid, Rotterdam, ZH Netherlands († 2020)
• Donald Lee "Donny" Carlson, Joliet Will, Illinois († 2004)
• Gerarda Maria Christina van de Wiel, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)

• Agatha Gesina Lusthuis (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• andries van ROON (74), puttershoek
• Anthonetta Maria van Reet (65), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Meerten (80), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrian van HOUWELING (75), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Arris Hardeman (84), Veenendaal
• Arris Hardeman (84), Veenendaal
• Arnoldus Braam (78), Warnsveld
• Lancee (83), Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Mattheus Quist (79), 's-Gravendeel

• 1946 » Antony Beevor, English historian and author
• 1946 » Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer
• 1946 » John Du Prez, English conductor and composer
• 1946 » Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer
• 1946 » Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency
• 1946 » Patty Duke, American actress († 2016)
• 1946 » Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
• 1946 » Ruth Fuchs, German javelin thrower and politician
• 1946 » Stan Smith, American tennis player and coach
• 1947 » Christopher Parkening, American guitarist and educator

• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)

• 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.
• February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• 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.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

The temperature on December 14, 1946 was between -8.5 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.