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• Jelte Velzen, Parrega
• Ineke Scheffers, Helvoirt († 2006)
• Jacob Dijkhuizen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Gerritdina Reintje Elsina Kwakkel († 2007)
• Maria Johanna Elisabeth Petri, Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Johannes Josephus Tuns, Oude Tonge († 1953)
• Cornelis Jacobsz Star, Rijnsburg († 2013)
• Jelkje (Liekeles) van der Valle, Bûtenpost, Friesland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jean-Pierre Mahot de la Quérantonnais († 2003)
• Hendrik Jan Harsevoort, Hardenberg († 2014)

• Antonia Maria Jozefa Hustinx (44)
• Arthur Andrew Stephan (79), Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
• Anthonius Mattijs Vink (62), Nijmegen
• Antje Berends Nagelhout (56), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Gruisinga (0), Groningen
• Anna Margaretha ten Bruggen Cate (78), Brussel, België
• Pieter Prins (7), Hengelo
• Antonie van der Ven (53), Oosterhout
• Cornelus Jansen (83), Dreumel
• Amadeu Laurini (76)

• 1943 » Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
• 1943 » Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader
• 1944 » John Glover, American actor
• 1944 » Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1945 » Alan Page, American football player and jurist
• 1945 » Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director († 2014)
• 1947 » Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1948 » Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1948 » Marty Appel, American businessman and author

• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)

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.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

The temperature on August 7, 1946 was between 12.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.