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• Levenloos kind Berens, Emmen, Nederland († 1946)
• Cor Venekamp, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Duane Lee Heerde, Terril, Dickinson County, Iowa († 2015)
• Mia (Maria Johanna Theodora Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Lily Stork, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Derktje Schuiring, Groningen (Groningen) († 1946)
• (zoon) Trommel, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Albert Johan Fennema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Joke van Wijk, Den Haag, Nederland († 2021)
• Jaap Verdoold († 2015)

• Barteld Vriend (70), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Bijl (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Kalker (70), Roelofarendsveen, Gemeente Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Hitzert (83), Piershil
• Catharina Cristina Peters (94), Apeldoorn
• Alfred Jan Frans Scholtens (1), Purmerend,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Wessels (72), Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• van der Kuil (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Koch, Den Haag
• Agnes Leonora Antonia Coelen (86), 's-Gravenhage

• 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. 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 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• 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.
• July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
• August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.

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.