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• Hermanus Marinus (Herman) de Graauw, Maasdriel († 1954)
• Albertus thomas Smit, Volendam (Edam) († 1946)
• Adje Kramer, Dommelen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Margje van der Velde, Sibculo, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1972)
• Geert Kors, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Nicolaas Willem van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bronno Ufkes, Den Helder, Netherlands († 1970)
• Joop van Suilen († 2008)
• Bronno Ufkes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Jacoba (Cootje) Kieboom, Werkendam, Nederland († 2011)

• Aagje de Jong (78), ,,, Purmerend
• Anna Maria Kuller (63), Amsterdam
• Auguste HESSENAUER (76)
• Barbara Rosalina de Jongh (74), Tilburg
• Cecilia Johanna VAN HANGEST D'YVOY (85), Territet Switzerland
• Adam Gatzes MUNSTERMAN (76), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands
• Arthur A. Goorhouse (57), Byron, Kent, Michigan, V.S
• Aleijda Geertruijda WILDEBOER (78), Apeldoorn
• Aleijda Geertruijda Wildeboer (78), Apeldoorn
• Ariaantje Plas (82), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman
• 1945 » Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist († 1974)
• 1946 » Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist
• 1946 » Peter Hudson, Australian footballer and coach
• 1947 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright († 1985)
• 1947 » Tim Shadbolt, New Zealand businessman and politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill
• 1948 » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician († 2002)
• 1948 » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)

• 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.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on February 19, 1946 was between 6.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.