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• Edith Annie van Middelkoop, Driebergen-Rijsenburg († 1947)
• Dirk Johannes de Beus, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• JOHANNA ELIZABETH MOERMAN, VLAARDINGEN († 1946)
• Jeltje Andries Koning († 1997)
• Iebkje Willy VAN DER TUIN, Santpoort-Zuid Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2007)
• Erna Schollaert, Haeltert, OVld, Be († 2012)
• Lutgarde Heuvinck, Wieze († 2003)
• Arie Pieter van Eck, Culemborg (GL) († 2008)
• Jan Nicolaas Cleyndert, Stockholm, Stockholms, Zweden
• Jo Verhoofstad, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)

• Dirk Immig (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Vuuren (39), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Vleugels (81), Vaals
• Johannes Theodorus Lindner (70), Enschede
• Arnoldus van den Bliek (84), Princenhage (NL)
• Andreas Kuiper (70), Geleen
• Arnold Johan Frederik Boegborn (37), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vleugels (81), Vaals
• Anna Emilie Schmidt (44), Rodenroth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Christine Fredrika Lucardie (28), (Nederlands Indië)

• 1943 » Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic
• 1943 » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist († 2006)
• 1943 » Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1944 » Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
• 1944 » Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
• 1946 » Martin Wong, American painter († 1999)
• 1947 » Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
• 1947 » Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 » Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

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.
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on July 11, 1946 was between 8.4 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.