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• Marie Heldoorn, Kamperveen († 2012)
• Jaap van der Oord, Den Helder († 2008)
• Lee E. Reisenweber († 2004)
• Lucie Van Den Bergh, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België († 1946)
• Conrad Dale DeNoble († 1946)
• Jentje van Nuil, Oosterhesselen, Drethe, Netherlands († 1946)
• Bonnie Williams, Webster, Day, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Berend Mensing, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Fokke Kwant, Winsum (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1990)
• Barry James WALKER († 2015)

• Aaltje Jobse (54), Rotterdam
• Arie den HARTOG (76), Nieuwer Amstel
• Bernardina Joanna Maria Wensing (82), Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Adriana de Kwaadsteniet (73), Rotterdam
• Aagje Keller (42), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Helena van Dijk (89), Nederhorst den Berg
• Cornelia van Gameren (78), Numansdorp
• Carolus Ludovicus Brys (69), Bornem
• Alphonsus Hoefeijzers (73), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bertha Holbrook **** (103)

• 1943 » Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist († 1996)
• 1945 » Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Wyomia Tyus, American sprinter
• 1946 » Bob Beamon, American long jumper
• 1946 » Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus († 2019)
• 1946 » Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
• 1946 » Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
• 1947 » James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1947 » Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
• 1948 » Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic

• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (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.
• January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
• July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.

The temperature on August 29, 1946 was between 10.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.