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• Karel Derks, Rheden († 2019)
• Felicity BRAUN († 1946)
• Johanna Helena Gerarda Maria van Gaal, amsterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• Hendrikus Gerardus REINTJES, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)
• Luit de Lange * († 1950)
• Hans BOSMAN JANSEN, Dordrecht († 2015)
• Jan Menke Having Schierbeek, Groningen († 2019)
• Nicolaas Gijsbert van Opstall, Leeuwarden († 2001)
• Hubertus Petrus Maria Struive († 1986)
• (Stillborn) DRIJFHOUT, Feerwerd Friesland Netherlands († 1946)

• Aagje Oosthoek (74), 's-Gravenhage
• ARIJ koppenaal (91), holland michigan (usa)
• Bernardus Antonius Burger (110), Soest
• Charles Riddle Ratchford [RC UnionPBu] (46)
• Ada May "Addie" Catterlin (80), Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
• Chester Clyde Talley (57), Greenville County, South Carolina
• Carl August Marius Eriksen (54), Bopµlen, Sankt Jakob sogn, K²benhavn
• Adrianus Noordermeer (76), Piershil
• Antje Willems van der Meulen (86), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Mathilda Arets (54), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1943 » David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
• 1945 » Maurice Bembridge, English golfer
• 1946 » Alan Rickman, English actor and director († 2016)
• 1946 » Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer
• 1946 » Bob Ryan, American journalist and author
• 1946 » Tyne Daly, American actress and singer
• 1947 » Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Olympia Snowe, American politician
• 1948 » Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer († 2015)
• 1949 » Frank Brunner, American illustrator

• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)

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. 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. 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.
• January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
• December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).

The average temperature on February 21, 1946 was 2.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.