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• N.n. van Steenderen, Utrecht
• Arie Johannes de Ruiter, Brandwijk († 2000)
• Egbert Kuipers, Den-Hool, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• David Grant Elder, Arkansas City, Kansas († 2013)
• Karel XVI. Gustaaf van Zweden, Solna
• Mia (Maria Johanna Theodora Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• N N Sterk, Gorinchem († 1946)
• Jean-Baptist Castelein, Leuven († 1993)
• van der Kuil, 's-Gravenhage († 1946)
• Duane Lee Heerde, Terril, Dickinson County, Iowa († 2015)

• Barteld Vriend (70), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechien Wezeman (81), Delfzijl
• Catharina Ottes (Trijntje) Kingma (82), Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Allegonda van Zandbeek (81), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Barend van de Weerdhof (75), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Verpeuten (66), Sint-Gertrudis-Pede
• Allegonda van Zandbeek (Sandbeek) (81), St Michielsgestel
• Adriana Dagevos (71), Kattendijke
• (zoon) Trommel (0), Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Kalker (70), Roelofarendsveen, Gemeente Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet
• 1945 » J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
• 1945 » Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1945 » Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist († 2001)
• 1946 » Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Don Schollander, American swimmer
• 1946 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• 1947 » Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
• 1947 » Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

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. 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. 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 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• 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 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on April 30, 1946 was between 3.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.