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• Leo A Mammoser († 1947)
• Katharina Maria Aafke Mellema, Nieuwe Pekela († 2010)
• Anthonie Johannes Blom, Ottoland († 2018)
• Eva Maria Heyl van Herrnsheim, Worms, Rheinland-Palts († 2004)
• Brenda Kay **** († 2014)
• Harrie Appels († 2009)
• Ed Reebergen († 2023)
• Harm (Appie) Hooiveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Franciscus Martinus Cornelis de Lepper, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Hendrik Adrianus Karel van Hilten, Utrecht († 1980)

• Aberham Reichwein (68), Westervoort, Gelderland, the Netherlands
• Anne Harmens Hager (82), Vrouwenparochie
• Aart van Gangelen (73), Bennebroek
• Aberham Reichwein (68), Westervoort
• Aaltje Beetsma (88)
• Adam Wald (75), Heerlen
• Antonia Willemina van Santen (77), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Ludovica LEYS (49), Vosselaar,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Cornelia van der Velden (91), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anke Hensens, (GR) Sappemeer

• 1946 » Bryan Hamilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1946 » Cliff Richey, American tennis player
• 1946 » Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
• 1946 » Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 » Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer († 1986)
• 1946 » Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
• 1946 » Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
• 1946 » Raphael Kaplinsky, South African international development academic
• 1946 » Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic
• 1946 » Tim Stevens, English bishop

• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (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. 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. 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.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on December 31, 1946 was between 0.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.