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• Nico Brinksma, Sneek (F) († 1990)
• Geert Zondervan, Deventer
• Helga Willy Rijpsma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• N.N. Tholhuijsen, Wouw († 1946)
• Hildefonso Rech, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1996)
• Sinie Oortgiesen, Gorssel
• Cornelia Antonia Allegonda Josepha Bogmans, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• CORNELIS FOP SMIT, ALBLASSERDAM († 1991)
• Jacoba van Mierle († 1999)
• Neeltje Jacomijna DEKKER († 1953)

• Aalbert Cornelis van Leersum (67), Arnhem
• Adriana Maria van WESTEN (88), Dordrecht
• Tholhuijsen (0)
• Antsje LENSTRA (63), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alphonsius Moria (82), Brussel, België
• Charles Leahr (78), Milton, Northumberland Co.Pennsylvania
• Antsje LENSTRA (63), Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Bernardina Dulfer (84), Schiedam
• Adriana den Besten (84), Moordrecht (Z.-H.), Neth
• Arnold Michiel Beckers (86), Uikhoven (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B)

• 1945 » Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1945 » Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
• 1945 » Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress († 1995)
• 1946 » Bob Russell, English politician
• 1946 » Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player († 1984)
• 1947 » Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
• 1947 » César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia
• 1947 » Don Foster, English academic and politician
• 1947 » Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer
• 1947 » Wendy Overton, American tennis player

• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)

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.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on March 31, 1946 was between 3.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.