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• Gerhard, Leopold Pallada, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Lawrence Marcel De Meyer, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Cananda († 2012)
• Allegonda Feikens († 1946)
• Inge Margaretha Kramer, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Jozefine Johanna Maria Vosmer, Hengelo († 2021)
• Hendrica Emma Jacoba Anna Maria van Baar, Waalre († 1946)
• Allagonda Feikens, Winschoten gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 1946)
• Aartje Tomassen († 2008)
• John Burdette Ulfers, Chancellor, Turner County, South Dakota († 1968)
• Lambertus Jozefus Lips, Amersfoort († 1974)

• Adriaan Kop (86), Sliedrecht
• Berend Jannes Tessemaker (92), Epe-Oene, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Osman Frederick Longhurst (67), Hillside Farm,Whitwell,Chesterfield,Derbyshire,England
• Annie Clair (67), Glasgow Royal Infirmary Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
• Anna Maria Backhaus (88), Enschede
• Antje Bijlsma (70), Amsterdam
• Aaltje van Eersel (86), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Elzerman (83), ridderkerk (zuid holland)
• Arie Zeggelaar (18), Soerabaja Indonesië
• Antonius Gerhardus Reuver (82), Losser

• 1944 » A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1944 » Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician
• 1944 » Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1944 » Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter
• 1945 » Mark J. Green, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 » Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach († 2003)
• 1946 » John Dempsey, English born Irish international footballer, centre-back and manager
• 1947 » Gino Ferrin, German footballer and manager
• 1947 » Juraj Kukura, Slovak-German actor
• 1947 » Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)

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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• 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 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on March 15, 1946 was between -2.4 and 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.