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• Johannes Brink, Den Helder († 2013)
• (Stillborn) BOERMA, Pieterburen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1946)
• Docia Ann Lovelace, North Carolina († 1947)
• Adrianus van Zanten, Aarle-Rixtel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Harm Kemfers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Johannes WilhelmusMaria Kappers, Dalfsen († 1946)
• Janna Dirkje Poot, Vlaardingen († 1946)
• Cornelius (Corry) van den Berg, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 1995)
• Jan Johannes Gerardus Finken, Hoensbroek, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Guy Maria August Armand UNGRICHT, Diepenbeek († 2010)

• Adriana Maria Tetteroo (74), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Tetteroo (74), Delft
• Cornelia Dirkje Biesters (67), Westervoort
• Barend Velthuijsen (48), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Theodorus Stapper
• Andries Gijtenbeek (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benard S Herlory (70)
• August Avis (71), Apeldoorn
• Aaffien Zwarts (57), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert van Zeist (67), Apeldoorn

• 1943 » Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 » John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director († 2015)
• 1945 » Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1945 » Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1946 » Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician († 2011)
• 1946 » Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist
• 1948 » Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 » Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter

• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (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. 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.
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
• 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.
• July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on May 5, 1946 was between 4.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.