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• Johan Jansen, Zeist († 2009)
• Herwig Boelen († 1967)
• Delano Karl Shaw, Truro, Canada († 1977)
• Hendricus ( Henk ) Vonk († 2021)
• Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Dietz, Den Haag († 2020)
• Jacob Joannesz Spaander, Obdam († 1994)
• Jeronimus Kroonen, Dordrecht († 1946)
• (Stillborn) VOS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1946)
• Christina Wilhelmina Wilhake († 1946)
• Anneke Buitenhuis († 2017)

• Annechien Heininga (75), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Lautenbach (62), Augustinusga
• Akke Boersma (84), Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Abeltje Jongsma (74), Echten,Gemeente De Wolden,Drenthe,Nederland
• Akke Renema (60), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Pelt (72), Amsterdam
• Anne Elisabeth Bieman (74)
• Antje Lautenbach (62), Augustinusga
• Alfons VAN POTTELBERGH (64), Aalst,9300,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Laurisa Moon (81), Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, Verenigde Staten

• 1944 » Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player († 2018)
• 1945 » Anne Summers, Australian feminist writer, editor, publisher and public servant
• 1946 » Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
• 1946 » Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
• 1946 » Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
• 1947 » David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
• 1947 » Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician
• 1947 » Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1947 » Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
• 1948 » Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)

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 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on March 12, 1946 was between 1.5 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.