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• Franciscus Jacobus Bruin, Harenkarspel († 1996)
• Hendrik Sieders, Haarlem († 2015)
• Marijna (Reina) van der Marel, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2016)
• Riekje van der Kooi, Drachten († 2002)
• doodgeboren kind van Herk, Tilburg († 1946)
• Cornelis Hendrikus van de Rijken, Rotterdam († 2020)
• Leonardus Johannes Viktor van Gastel, 's-Gravenhage (NL) († 2010)
• Jaap Eeltink († 2001)
• Geertruida Cornelia van Reen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Kluijtmans, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1946)

• Antonius Phocas Johannes Maria Gijselhart, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Ethel Nixon (64), Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
• Reinder Hoorn (69), Zuidwolde
• Albertus Jacobs (Geerts) (59), Assen, Nederland
• August Frederik Meijer (67), Singapore
• August Frederik Meijer (67), Singapore, Bidadari Christian Cemetery
• Anna Marie Buthfer (60), Mayfield, Fulton County, New York
• Betty Jane Porter (7), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
• Annie Clementine Sleebos (40), Soerabaja
• Annetje van Beeten (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 » Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach († 2004)
• 1945 » Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1946 » Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1946 » Johnny Crawford, American actor and singer
• 1947 » John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
• 1948 » Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 » Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 » Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)

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 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.

The temperature on March 26, 1946 was between 2.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.