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• Franklin Theodorus Johannes Burger, Harderwijk († 1946)
• Frederik Willem Bijkerk († 2008)
• Anthoinette Simone Zoeter († 1971)
• Allegonda Jacoba van Peperstraten, ,, Oude-Tonge, Nederland († 2004)
• anna margaretha jacoba (margriet) korsten, helden-panningen
• Gerritje Geertruida Vijge, Epe {GE} († 2020)
• Augusta Lievens, Herentals († 2000)
• Gerarda Annemarie Anthonia Janssen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• N Gijsbers, Nijmegen
• Hester Gerda KARELS, Rotterdam († 2001)

• Alida van Selm (79), Gouda
• Pieter Zwerwer (95), Zwolle
• Anthonie van Varik (69), Winterswijk
• Aleida Johanna Laanbroek (73), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Jonker (88)
• Allegonda Broekmeulen (53), De Bilt
• Aletta Smeekes (73), Hilversum
• Aaltje Schothorst (62), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Sebregts (73), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Johannes Bernardus van Wanrooij (89), Tilburg

• 1941 » Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
• 1941 » Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic
• 1948 » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

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.
• January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.

The temperature on February 8, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 53.9 mm of rain during 22.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.