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• Hendrikje van Werven, Heerde (buurtschap Assendorp) († 1946)
• Gary Patrick Curtis, Monticello, Jones County, Iowa († 2003)
• Gary CURTIS, Iowa († 2003)
• Joannes Cornelius Antonius Mertens, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1949)
• Lambertus Jacob Schuiten, Zandvoort, NH, Nederland († 2001)
• Jacobus Johannes van Heeren, Gouda († 2022)
• Koers († 2022)
• Lies Kwaadgras, Leiden, Nederland († 1998)
• Jan Meun († 2015)
• albertus johannes hermanus (bert) peeters, venray († 2001)

• Adolf George Frederik Kniphorst (63), Groningen
• Antonie Mulder (0), Zwolle
• Adriana Johanna Tacke (73), Velp
• Allegonda ten Wolde (50), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adolf George Frederik Kniphorst (63), Groningen
• Adriaantje van Seters (68), Maassluis
• Agatha Maria Half (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrine Frederique Ignace Quadekker (39), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Van KUIJK (61)
• Adrianus Cornelius Maria van den Biggelaar (0), St. Oedenrode

• 1945 » Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1945 » Richard Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 » Robert Bausch, American novelist and short story writer
• 1946 » Hayley Mills, English actress
• 1946 » Tommy Shannon, American bass guitarist
• 1947 » Cindy Pickett, American actress
• 1947 » Dorothy Lyman, American actress
• 1947 » James Woods, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia († 2013)

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)

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.
• 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 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on April 18, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.