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• Jacobus Petrus Johannes Maria Derickx, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Gerhardus Wendker, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Mary Lou Terry, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Nettie Meulmeester, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
• Gerrit Cornelis (Gerrit) Pronk († 2015)
• Lynn Eissens († 2004)
• Maria Vis († 1994)
• Christiane Raes, Waasmunster († 2006)
• Martin Alpaerts († 2009)
• Cornelia Antonia [Corry] van der Vliet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1946)

• Berend EPPINGA (70)
• Claud Wolvin (58)
• Anna Geertruida Roelofs (55), Venray
• Archie Carrington Squier (65), Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
• Anna Maria Bijl (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Roelofs (55), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltje Veen (82), Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Wilhelmina Scheppink (47), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Kleinhans (55), Utrecht
• Barend Bakker (74), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician († 2015)
• 1945 » John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer
• 1945 » Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author
• 1946 » César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
• 1946 » Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1946 » Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
• 1946 » María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
• 1946 » Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
• 1947 » Stephen Mueller, American painter († 2011)

• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)

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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
• April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

The temperature on September 24, 1946 was between 10.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.