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• levenloos geboren jongetje Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe Nederland
• Geert Roelof Booij, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Geert Roelof Booij, Dwingeloo († 2019)
• Alida Bal, Scheveningen
• Bernardus Jacobus Johannes Witte, Franeker († 2008)
• Johannus Adriaan van Eck, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2023)
• Adriaan Klop, Haaften († 1946)
• Eric Despeghel, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België († 2016)
• MARC NOENS, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1997)
• Be de Weerd, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1979)

• Barendje van NEE (78), Zwolle, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Baan de Groot (76), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Beijersbergen
• Christine Anna Eugenie Liehenbauer (41), Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
• Anna Zeegers (67), Maastricht
• Cornelia de Rijk (70), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendricus van der Vegt (78), Apeldoorn
• Antonia van der Heijden (63), Eersel
• Ann Amelia Stonehouse (80), Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Catharina Maria Schapendonk (28), Waalwijk

• 1946 » Derek Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1946 » Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Jodi Rell, American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut
• 1946 » John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
• 1946 » Karen Dunnell, English statistician and academic
• 1946 » Mark Ritts, American actor, puppeteer, and producer († 2009)
• 1946 » Neil MacGregor, Scottish historian and curator
• 1946 » Rick Adelman, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Simon Williams, English actor and playwright
• 1946 » Tom Harrell, American trumpet player and composer

• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)

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.
• August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on June 16, 1946 was between 9.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.