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• Henny Linders, Ysselstein, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1946)
• Clementina Maria Cornelia Boomars, Haarlem († 1946)
• Aloyisius I.A.P.M. Steeman, Castricum († 1997)
• Aloysius I.A.P.M. (Loet) Steeman, Castricum († 1997)
• Ans Reijs, Haps († 1999)
• Johannes Cornelis van Hunen, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Ida Adriana Hendrika Maria Vlug, Amsterdam († 1976)
• van der Reep, Blijham, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Aloysius I.A.P.M. Steeman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Jeltje Anna Marie Broers, Enkhuizen

• Anna Julia van Westfalen-Fürstenberg (68), Graz, Steiermark
• Alida Johanna van der Vijgh (48)
• Aldert Johannes Paulus van Leer (78), Stoutenburg, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Franciscus van den Dobbelsteen (48), Gorinchem
• Aart Cornelis Lodder (76), 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Stoffers (62), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nollen (60), Breda
• Anna Maria Gietermans (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphe Joseph Dufour (82), Wansin, 4280, België
• 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)

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.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 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 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

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.