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• Douglas Francis Weeks Jr, Hartford, Connecticut († 2006)
• Jacoba Anna Maria Huberta W. de WILDE, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Johan Cornelis Westdijk, Den Haag († 2019)
• Jan Veerman († 2020)
• Arendina Dijkhuis, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Arthur L Kolthoff († 1987)
• N.N. van den Berg, Klimmen († 1946)
• Karel Kielen, 's-Gravenmoer († 1982)
• Rita Elizaberth Tarter, Edmonson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• James Alton Basinger, St. Louis, Missouri St. Luke‘s Hospital († 2024)

• Anna Laurina Diepenhorst (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ages Postma (80), Joure (HAS), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Carl OLDENBURG (66), Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
• Anna Lapien (29), Tilburg
• Alida Elisabeth van Kessel (78), Goirle
• Alvin Otis Willsey (50), Morgan Co., Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie Koolen (79), Rotterdam
• Antje Ages Postma (80), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Laurina Diepenhorst (80), Dordrecht
• Antje Postma (80), Joure

• 1944 » Jaimoe, American drummer
• 1944 » Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
• 1945 » Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1947 » Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1947 » Kim Darby, American actress
• 1947 » Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
• 1948 » Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
• 1949 » Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
• 1949 » Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh († 2009)

• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
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. Marianne

• 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.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

The temperature on July 8, 1946 was between 10.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.