About the day » Sunday May 5, 1946Calender converter

• Harold John Schram, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2022)
• Jeannette Elisabeth Weggen, Klazienaveen († 2010)
• Bert van Tetrode († 1980)
• Marjan Dalhuijsen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1947)
• Anna van der Kaap († 2020)
• Helena Maria Gemma van der Vlugt-, Lisse, Nederland († 2001)
• (Stillborn) BOERMA, Pieterburen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1946)
• Johannes Brink, Den Helder († 2013)
• Jozina Adriana Sofia Maria Arends, Tilburg
• Johannes WilhelmusMaria Kappers, Dalfsen († 1946)

• Alfred Visgar BANKS (73), Denver, Denver, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Aaffien Zwarts (57), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Cadier (72), Maastricht
• Cornelia BERGMAN (79), Zuid Schalkwijk, Vijfhuizen, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Dirkje Biesters (67), Westervoort
• (Stillborn) BOERMA (0), Pieterburen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Cornelia Gerarda Josephina Soeterbroek (33)
• Anna Theodora Vervloet (74), Soemobito (Japans kamp)
• Arendina van der Helden (70), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Straten (59), Rotterdam

• 1943 » Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 » John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
• 1944 » Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director († 2015)
• 1945 » Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1945 » Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1946 » Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician († 2011)
• 1946 » Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist
• 1948 » Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 » Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter

• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)

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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

The temperature on May 5, 1946 was between 4.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.