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• Anke van Tintelen († 1997)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Mul, Noord-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Johannes Christiaan Laffra, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1994)
• Harvey Clayton Howard, Harlan, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Karen Joyce de Kraker († 1985)
• Irene Romyn, Zwijndrecht († 2017)
• Gerard KLOPPENBURG, Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands († 1946)
• Jan Wind, Onstwedde
• Jan Adam Adams († 2000)
• Jacob Anthonius Maria Sprong, Zwijndrecht (Zwijndrecht), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)

• Adriaan van Veen (74), Rotterdam
• Appolonia Enden van den (79), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Maria van de Mortel (74), Deurne, Deurne en Liessel
• Anna Maria Muntel (81), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van Duivenboden, Zandvoort
• Antonia van Mourik (41), Schiedam
• Antonius Hendrikus de Bruin (66), Nijmegen
• Adriaan van den Ende (79), Gilze en Rijen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Alphonsus Johannes Hendriks (77), Mook, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Teunisz van Duijvenboden (80), Zandvoort

• 1943 » Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 2014)
• 1943 » Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician († 2004)
• 1945 » Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer († 2007)
• 1945 » Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
• 1946 » John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist († 2015)
• 1947 » Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
• 1948 » Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
• 1948 » Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar

• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

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. 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. 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.
• March 28 » Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.

The temperature on May 1, 1946 was between 8.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.