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• Gijsbertus Albertus Maria (Bert) van Leeuwen, Voorhout, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Fokko Weide († 2021)
• Allan Douglas Hanning CAMERON, Aberdeen Scotland († 1965)
• Carolina Grietje Zwolle († 1995)
• Anne-Marie Glücksburg of Denmark
• Geertruida Johanna Erzebeth Zandvliet, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A.J. Timmer († 2024)
• Jente Hendrikus Gerardus Nagel († 2001)
• JACOB PAK, 'S-GRAVENHAGE († 2009)
• Maria Wilhelmina Kortekaas, Voorhout († 2021)

• August Karel VAN DEN BERGH (52), Rijkevorsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anthonius Nicolaas VERLOOP (61), Nijmegen
• Annigje Koops van Benthem (61), Vollenhove
• Aaldert de Groot (78), Apeldoorn (Gld) Nederland
• Adriaan Hulsen (100), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Oosterdijk (87), Groningen
• Aaltje Nijhof (58), Gemeente Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria Conijn (83), Groesbeek,Gemeente Groesbeek,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Aaltje Nijhof (58), Holten
• Alain du Moulin de la Bretèche (0), Orglandes, Manche, France

• 1944 » Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1944 » Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic
• 1944 » Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian
• 1944 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author († 2007)
• 1944 » Tug McGraw, American baseball player († 2004)
• 1946 » Peggy Lipton, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1946 » Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1947 » Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1948 » Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party († 1969)
• 1948 » Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author

• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

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 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on August 30, 1946 was between 9.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.