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• Frans Joseph Offermans, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1949)
• Aaltje Kapitein († 2007)
• Cornelia de Wreede, Arnhem Gelderland Nederland († 1948)
• JAN BROEKHUIS, Voorthuizen († 2004)
• Helena Kleijn, Rotterdam Overschie († 2008)
• N.N. Heijne, Raamsdonk († 1946)
• Leonardus Jacobus Christianus Duijndam, Noordwijkerhout († 1985)
• Doodgeboren van Valkenburg, Hilversum,1211,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1946)
• Cheryl Dean Wilson, San Nicolas, Aruba († 2006)
• Johannes Gregorius Petrus Hiep, Noordwijk († 2010)

• Auke Jans van Sinderen (82), Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Margaretha Pelk (72), Deventer, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Augusta Maria Amelberga Buytaert (47), Temse
• Albertus Onderwater (77), Rotterdam
• Christiaan Vesters (87), Tilburg
• Anna Adriana van der Valk (1), Rotterdam
• Anne VOLLMER (0), Rothbach,67340,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
• Pieter Klijnsma (63), Groningen
• Alida Antonia Cardinaal (85), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus Hofkens (0), Nijmegen

• 1944 » Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1944 » Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player († 2016)
• 1945 » Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
• 1945 » Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
• 1945 » Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1945 » Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• 1946 » James Howe, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
• 1948 » Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)

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.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• 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 2, 1946 was between 11.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.