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• Agnes Jacobs, Arnhem Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van der Maas († 2016)
• Maaike Talsma, Aalzum († 2013)
• Leopold Albert Maria MEUWISSEN, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1966)
• Cornelia van Ginkel († 1994)
• Huibert Willem Jan van Weelden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Iektje Berendina Medema, Groningen († 2006)
• Frank Verhulst, 's-Gravenhage († 2011)
• Jan Mazereeuw, Urk († 2003)
• Anneus Jongbloed, Willemsoord († 2021)

• Antonia Buurman (59), 's Gravendeel
• Antoine Emile Wijss (93), Neufville, CH
• aaltje den HARTIGH (74), strijen
• Aaltje Hendriks Blaak (83)
• Aloisius Costermans (71), Antwerpen
• Agatha Maria van Echtelt (81), Vinkeveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Gerard (71), Hengelo
• Alida Johanna Hendrika Cornelia de Bruijn (62), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Hubertina Bremmers (90), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Akke Wielinga (78), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1944 » Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
• 1944 » Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver († 1978)
• 1945 » Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1945 » Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor († 2013)
• 1946 » Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru († 2003)
• 1946 » Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2003)
• 1947 » Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1947 » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1948 » Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer

• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
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. Marianne

• 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 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• 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 February 14, 1946 was between -1.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.