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• Carmen Alicia SAEZ, Alméria, ESPAGNE († 2008)
• José Peters, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Jeanette Marijke Pesser, alkmaar († 2006)
• Jannetje Fijtje van Butselaar, Kootwijkerbroek († 1946)
• Johnny Maassen van den Brink, Enschede († 1993)
• Frans W. Kuipers, Vught († 2000)
• Jacomina Elisabeth Prummel, Groningen (NL) († 1993)
• Jan van den Brink († 2007)
• Gesina Daniels, Meeden († 1963)
• Josephus(Jef) Jansens, Turnhout († 1988)

• Elisabeth de Boer (75), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Goede (68), Obdam
• Frans Ligthart (77), Grootebroek, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Engelen (77)
• Cornelis Vermeulen (40), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Willems de Boer (75), Edam
• Everdina Zandbergen (85), Dieren (Gem. Rheden)
• Durkjen Symons Visser (88), Welsrijp, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Durkjen Symons (Dirkje) Visser (88), Welsrijp, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Bernardina HENDRIKS (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician
• 1945 » Marsha P. Johnson, African American gay liberation activist and drag queen
• 1945 » Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist
• 1945 » Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 » Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded WWE
• 1947 » Anne Archer, American actress and producer
• 1947 » Jim Fox, American rock drummer and organist
• 1947 » Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
• 1947 » Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
• 1947 » Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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 31 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

The temperature on August 24, 1946 was between 9.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.