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• johanna hendrika elisabeth spil, schiedam /kethel († 2009)
• Joyce Elaine Rosema, Grand Haven Michigan ( Usa) († 2022)
• Henricus Josephus van den Beld, Deventer {OV} († 1946)
• Johannes Henricus Maria van Gestel, Chaam († 2003)
• Derk Jan Wansink († 1992)
• Adrianus Antonius Maria Tijs, Gilze en Rijen († 1952)
• Aline Engel, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Arie Jaeger, Utrecht († 1946)
• Alfred Franciscus PATERNOT, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Frans van der Heijden, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)

• Antoinette van Loudon (62), Svatoborice (Swatoborschitz), Zuid-Moravië, Tsjechië
• Adriana van den Ban (89), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Dorp (61), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Pier Kuijsten (58), Voorschoten, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Zwiers (56), Utrecht
• Annetje Stevens (57), Arnhem, Nederland
• Agatha Jansen (57), Warmerhuizen
• Adriaan Cornelis Geerts (80), Baarle-Nassau, Nederland
• Aaltje Flart (80), Zaandam, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Blansjaar (76), Den Haag

• 1943 » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1943 » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1944 » Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist.
• 1944 » Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine).
• 1944 » Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time.
• 1946 » Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter.
• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.

• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

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 31 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• 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.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on June 6, 1946 was between 8.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.