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• Eduard Bozuwa, Dordrecht († 1995)
• Martina Catharina Josina van Bussel, Asten († 2004)
• N.N. Ansems, Tilburg († 1946)
• Cedric Dale Farris, Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, VS († 1998)
• Herman Willems († 2002)
• Keith Allen Venenga, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa († 2011)
• Faith Naomi Engelkes, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2006)
• Michael William Fennell, Coco, Beach, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Beverly Korn, Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States († 2020)
• Johan van Habsburg-Lotharingen Prins van Toscane († 1946)

• Amanda Marie Maxwell (81), Monticello, Lawrence, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Nicolaas van Zutphen (11), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Elich (77), Breda
• Alida van der Neut (54), Woerden
• Antje Elisabeth Boot (51), Voorburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Teunis Sterk (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schouten (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Elich (77), Breda
• Adrianus Dekkers Dekkers (81), Geffen, Nederland
• Antonia van Leeuwen (75), Leiden

• 1944 » Mick Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Foreigner)
• 1946 » Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager
• 1946 » Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach
• 1947 » Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician
• 1947 » Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
• 1948 » Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor

• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

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. John
16. Dirk

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.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on December 27, 1946 was between 0.5 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.