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• Chris Weidema, Bangkok († 2000)
• Anke van Tintelen († 1997)
• Jannetta Hendrika van Ginkel, Barneveld, Gld, NL († 1946)
• Christiaan Johannes van Beekum, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ibo Tjerk van der Wagen, Lioessens gem. Oostdongeradeel
• Huibrecht Mooij, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• John Allen Deckinga, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Mul, Noord-Scharwoude († 2019)
• Eduard Adrianus Scheperboer († 2006)
• Henrica Maria Christina (Henny) van Eekert, Mierlo-Hout,Helmond († 2007)

• Adriaan Scheffers (63), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Antonetta Maria van de Mortel (74), Deurne
• Aagje Nijboer (47), Ureterp
• Antonius Hendrikus de Bruin (66), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Muntel (81), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van den Ende (79), Gilze en Rijen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• ANNA CORNELIA ZENGERS (35), MOL
• Anna Cornelia Zengers (35), Mol (B)
• Appolonia van den Enden (79), Oud-Beijerland
• Bart Beijer (69), Velp

• 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)

• 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 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
• June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.

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.