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• Gladys Erma Meekhof, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, V.S († 1946)
• Bertha Fay Korte († 1946)
• Aafke Brinksma, Langweer, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Hermanus Hendrikus Janssen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Frieda Hugen, Emmen († 2010)
• van der Winden, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Verreijt, Vlijmen († 1947)
• Christiaan (Chris) Schonewille, Hardenberg, Overijsel, Netherlands († 1991)
• Frederik Ferdinand Nicolaas DELORIE, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands († 2022)
• Jo Ann STEVENS, Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 1968)

• Alijda Mantel (53), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Overheul (79), Haaften, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Jacoba Duijndam (58), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Raimunda von Lamberg (81)
• Anna Maria de VREEDE (67), Utrecht
• Catharina van der Bel (86), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Mantel (53), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van der Vijver (63), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Jacoba Duijndam (58), Kwintsheul, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Jacoba Wilhelmina Duijndam (58), Kwintsheul

• 1943 » Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 » Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
• 1944 » Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer
• 1944 » Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician
• 1947 » Anne Fine, English author
• 1947 » Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1947 » James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
• 1947 » Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor
• 1948 » Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer

• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)

• 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.
• June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

The temperature on December 7, 1946 was between 1.9 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.