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• Frouckje GROENIER, of De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands 3731 († 2010)
• John Boogers, Dordrecht († 2004)
• Heiliegers, Haarlem († 1946)
• Edward Vernon Schrepple Freas († 2012)
• Henk Dijk († 2017)
• Hans Hendrik Hornstra, Oldeouwer († 2021)
• Tjassens Keiser, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jopie, Johansd Dekker, EaZ († 1947)
• James "Jim" McLaren, Croy (Schotland) († 2005)
• Jannetje Houwaart, Noordwijk († 1996)

• Antje Raangs (65), Adorp
• Cornelia van Pelt (84)
• Aaltje Korf (85), Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• bastiaan dekker (93), baarn
• Anna Francoise Bijleveld (94), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Christina Geerse (2), Serooskerke
• Andries Hoekstra (57), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas Fouchier (70)
• Alice Evangelina Marques d'Amorim (63), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Bart van Hardeveld (80), Maurik

• 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)

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. John
16. Gerardus

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.
• February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

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.