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• François Knaepen, Hoeselt († 2003)
• Fredericus Antonius Jacobus Soeters, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Harm Torrenga, Den Andel († 2014)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1946)
• Jeanne Linden van de, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Hay Hermans, Venray († 2001)
• Herman Kelderman, Angerlo († 2002)
• Ína Thea Betsema, Oost (Texel) († 1998)
• Doodgeboren kind Saladin, Hilversum († 1946)
• Franciscus Antonius Virginia van Gils, Baarle-Nassau († 2017)

• Cornelia Maria Bemener (87), Den Haag
• Anton Adriaan Marie BROUWERS (52), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andre Wilhelmus Maria Helsen (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Harren (98), Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Arnolda Catharina Baaijens (75), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Vos (79), Hedel
• Cornelia Lodder (39), Amsterdam
• Arnolda Catharina Baaijens (75), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Aaltje Teekman (58), IJsselmuiden
• Cornelia Maria Bemener (87), Den Haag,-

• 1944 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India († 1991)
• 1945 » Roy Gardner, English businessman
• 1946 » Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1946 » Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
• 1946 » Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
• 1946 » Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate الدولة الفاطمية
• 1946 » N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
• 1946 » Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player
• 1947 » Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
• 1947 » Ray Wise, American actor

• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)

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.
• January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

The temperature on August 20, 1946 was between 11.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.