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• Margriet Nora Trestorff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Leo Meijer († 2012)
• Dennis Wayne Sasser, Chipley, Washington, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Coral Lee Schragl, Indiana († 2011)
• Johanna Boer († 2009)
• ralph theodoor van beuningen, parchim-mecklenburg (duitsland)
• Bakker, Schoorl,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Rene Romeo Vera, Starr County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Gerarda Johanna Maria van Uum, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Antonius Johannes Engelberts, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands († 2013)

• Adolf Johannes Brummel (76), .........
• Anna Hendrika Aarts (59), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Charles Frederick Sommercorn (90), Springfield, Bingham County, Idaho, United States
• Agatha Elisabeth van der Meer (79), Noordwijkerhout
• Alida Johanna Bouwmeester (34)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Dijk (70), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aria Kraak (44), Rotterdam
• Alvin Lawson, Jamaica
• Bertha Boyd (81), Schenectady, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina van Gessel (77), Breda

• 1943 » Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
• 1944 » Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
• 1944 » Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
• 1945 » Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator
• 1946 » Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
• 1946 » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago († 2016)
• 1947 » Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
• 1947 » Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) († 2016)
• 1948 » Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor († 2014)

• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

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.
• January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• March 28 » Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on August 17, 1946 was between 11.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.