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• Berend Hendrik Imming, Schoonebeek († 1967)
• John Sadewasser Scully, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Ernest James Knippenberg, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• NN Leppers, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• levenloos geboren kind van Wessel ZEVENHEK, Alkmaar († 1946)
• Johannes Rudolf Maria van Warmerdam
• Goossen Foppen, Harderwijk († 2002)
• Johannes Hubertus Maria Smits, Den Dungen († 1946)
• Toos Nafzger, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands († 1956)
• Petrus Lammert Luciën Wilhelmus Matheus (Peter) van Hout († 1981)

• Anna Steen (65), Assendelft NH NL
• Alfred Ezra Clutter, Marion, Ohio
• Alida Pos (74), Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Hendrina Brouwers (56), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria van Dijk (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Maria Muller (50), rotterdam
• Anna Maria Josephina Remmers (11), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Thal (70), Tilburg
• Alida Pieternella Barendrecht (84), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Andries August Vermaat (0), Hoensbroek

• 1943 » Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• 1943 » Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
• 1943 » Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer († 1992)
• 1944 » Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
• 1947 » Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
• 1948 » Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1948 » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Michael Beck, American actor

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• March 28 » Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

The temperature on February 4, 1946 was between 5.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.