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• Jeltje Romkema, Oosterend, Friesland, Nederland († 1991)
• doodgeboren 't Hart, 's-Gravenzande († 1946)
• Henny Linders, Ysselstein, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1946)
• Catharina Gertruda Maria (Toos) Nelissen, Heibloem,, Limburg, Nederland († 2023)
• Hendrikus Antonius Hubertus Maria van Dooren, Waalre († 2000)
• Evelyn Ingrid van Leeuwen († 1995)
• Harry van Lier († 2007)
• Harold K. Hahs, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Edward "John" KENNEDY, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK († 2022)
• Gradus Hendrikus Kosters, enter

• Anna Maria Gietermans (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Van Hees (76), Rotterdam
• Anna I Brodie (70), Rochester, Monroe, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aldert Johannes Paulus van Leer (78)
• Aaltje Stoffers (62), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Julia van Westfalen-Fürstenberg (68), Graz, Steiermark
• Albert Johannes Paulus van Leer (78), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alijda van Leuverden (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Alice Munneke (87), Garden Plain, Whiteside, Ill., Verenigde Staten
• Angélique Marie "Magdeleine" Royer-Collard (70), Bayeux, Calvados, France

• 1944 » Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager († 2010)
• 1944 » Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author
• 1945 » Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1945 » Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist († 1993)
• 1945 » Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1946 » Elisabeth Sladen, English actress († 2011)
• 1946 » Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player († 1977)
• 1947 » Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1947 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist († 1983)
• 1947 » Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor

• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)

• 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.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• 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.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.

The temperature on February 1, 1946 was between 5.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.