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• Petronella Johanna Treffers, Ede († 1947)
• Claudia Wheeler, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States († 2003)
• N.n. van Hoof, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1946)
• Karen STEWART, Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 2017)
• Robert Ivan KIDDS, York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom († 1991)
• Arie van den Brink, De Bilt († 2011)
• Johanna Margarita Van Rijswijk, Schiedam († 1996)
• David Henry ELLETT, Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 2002)
• NN van Hoof, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gea Weggemans († 1989)

• Aurelia Maria Arkema (67), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Christiaan Josephus de Haes (74), Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Alice RANDALL (87), Billesdon, Leicestershire, England
• Albertje Van Der Sleen (75), Hoogeveen
• Afke van der Meer (69), Wyckel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfonso Campo-Serrano Riascos (57), Santa Marta
• Anthonie Edel (70), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Augustinus Laurentius Hendrickx (63), Kalmthout, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anne Hubertine Gérard (60), Terborg
• Carolus Ludovicus Van Slambrouck (91), Mount Clemens (USA)

• 1944 » Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer († 1983)
• 1944 » François Migault, French race car driver († 2012)
• 1945 » Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 » Karina, Spanish singer/actress
• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician

• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (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. 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.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• 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 December 4, 1946 was between 0.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.