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• Rasidin Rudi Tjokrodimedjo, District Commewijne, Suriname († 1999)
• Govert Barend Van Mourik, Deil († 1946)
• Johannes Theodorus Okkerse, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1981)
• Johannes Cornelis de Wit, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Marius Arnouts, Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Maria Sijtske van der Ent, Soestdijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Geertruid Popken, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Henny van Hengst, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2002)
• Joukje Berendina Dekker († 1995)
• Egbert Jan Wendt († 2014)

• Cornelis Haringhuizen (76), Wieringerwaard
• Carl Joseph Cremer (52), utrecht
• Adriana den Hertog (89), Bleiswijk, Nederland
• Alouisious SUDMEIER (67), Petersburg,Iowa
• Adriana den Hertog (89), Zevenhuizen
• Cornelis Akerboom (65), Rotterdam
• Catharina Post (77), Terneuzen
• Christina Van Dijk (49), Godlinze, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Dorothea Endert (70), Zeist
• Albert Folkers (63), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1944 » Jeremy Child, English actor
• 1946 » Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge
• 1946 » Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
• 1946 » Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
• 1947 » Billy Bang, American violinist and composer († 2011)
• 1947 » Bruce Pasternack, American businessman
• 1947 » Chris Ortloff, American journalist and politician
• 1947 » Jude Deveraux, American author
• 1947 » Mia Martini, Italian singer († 1995)
• 1947 » Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author

• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)

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 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.

The temperature on September 20, 1946 was between 10.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.