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• Albertien Victorie, Ruinen († 2016)
• Gerardus,J.C. Hemert van,, Haarlem († 1997)
• Catharina Maria Jacoba Lidwina Sloos, Leiden († 2001)
• Henk Dijk († 2017)
• Johannes Antonius Maria (Jan) Beks, Mierlo († 2016)
• Joannes Levinus Edemondus (Joan) Loete, Oostburg, Netherlands († 2012)
• Johanna Agneta Witte, Den Burg (Texel), Nederland († 2004)
• Benny Otten, Gingelom, België († 2016)
• Gerardus Cornelis Petrus Maria Stams, Helvoirt († 1975)
• Carol Ann Voss

• Anna Francoise Bijleveld (94), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bertram WALKER (62), Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Aart van Rijn van Alkemade (91), Brussel
• bastiaan dekker (93), baarn
• Alice Evangelina Marques d'Amorim (63), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Anna Françoise Bijleveld (82), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis Rennenenk
• Heiliegers (0), Haarlem
• Antje Raangs (65), Adorp (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Andreas Fouchier (70), Tilburg
• Andries Douwes Hoekstra (57), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1945 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat († 2006)
• 1946 » Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian
• 1946 » George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
• 1947 » Alex Briley, American disco singer
• 1947 » Dan Lauria, American actor
• 1947 » David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
• 1947 » Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic († 2014)
• 1947 » Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
• 1947 » Tom Clancy, American historian and author († 2013)
• 1947 » Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist

• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

• 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.
• January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.

The temperature on April 12, 1946 was between 1.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.