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• Donald Kittrell [[K Fb@nUSS]]0, Georgia ql († 2021)
• Bernd (Klaus) Röstel, Mühlanger, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 2009)
• Jacobus Hubertus Maria Sibum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Cornelius Hendricus Jozef Ran, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2002)
• N.N. Hommes, Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1945)
• Margot Theodora Barbara (Marga) VROMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 2000)
• Martha Hommes, Peize († 2019)
• Hendrik Hop, Soest († 1946)
• Lambert Vos, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Hendrika Aartje Baauw († 2004)

• Arie LOEVE (57), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Henrica van der Valk (67), Schipluiden
• Adrianus Brabander (67), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ardina Jacoba de Gast (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (80), Eindhout
• Alberta Schück (41), Deventer
• Abraham Kolderman (58), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Duijvenvoorde (35), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Schuck (41), Wijhe
• Adrianus Cornelis Koeman (10), Noordwijk

• 1943 » Joe Stampley, American country music singer-songwriter
• 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.

• 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. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
• March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
• April 12 » World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
• April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
• May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
• May 15 » World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.

The temperature on June 6, 1945 was between 10.7 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.