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• Anna Clowting, Den Helder († 2017)
• Donald Earl Lelivelt 08BB († 1994)
• Honoré Moors, Hasselt (B) († 1998)
• Hendrika, Gerharda, Johanna Bevers, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1947)
• Johannes Hendrikus Gerardus Brüning, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Antoon Marinus (Tonnie) Wilbrink, Loenen († 2017)
• Marinus Franciscus de Vent, Slagharen († 2021)
• Cornelia Catharina Maria Kuiper, Amsterdam († 1948)
• N.N. Appelmans, Sittard († 1946)
• Andre Rondas († 1996)

• Anna Sophie Martha Klepzig (70), Halle an der Saale, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Arend Cuppe (53), Zwolle
• Catharina Adriana van Staveren (82), Rijswijk
• Alice Gwynne (48), New York, U.S.A
• Bartha Vermeulen (83), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Berendina Vels (64), Zelhem
• Arie Barend Karreman (74), Den Haag
• Aaltje Peters (80), Deventer
• Aris van Vliet (60), Gouda
• Andele Lautenbach (20), Bandung, Nederlands Indië

• 1944 » Wesley Clark, American general
• 1945 » Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt
• 1945 » Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 » John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer († 2011)
• 1946 » Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1947 » Bill Rodgers, American runner
• 1948 » David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 » Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist

• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
10. Peter
11. Jacob
12. Petrus
13. Adrianus
14. Wilhelmus
15. John
16. Gerardus

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. Marianne

• 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 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• 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.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

The temperature on December 23, 1946 was between -9.3 °C and -2.0 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.