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• Larry Andrew Prantil, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 2006)
• Aaltje Mosterd, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Christiane Steyaert, Gent († 1994)
• Jannetje Leegwater, Wormer († 1993)
• Johanna Graaf, Scheveningen († 1946)
• Bond, Edam Volendam († 1946)
• Johannes Hendricus Leeuwen van, Amersfoort († 1946)
• Jan Koene Vegter († 2003)
• Aaltje de Weerd († 2009)
• Jacob Zwaan, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)

• Aafje Hendriks Vonk (54), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Derks Tel (37), Midwolde
• Amy Lorette Buchanan (72), Richfield, Sevier, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Andries Mol (91), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Adrianus Anthonius Franciscus Bouwman (75), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Anton Adriaan Mussert (51), Urtrecht
• Adrianus Anthonius Franciscus Bouwman (75), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adriana van Dusseldorp (85), Waspik
• Aaltje Stellinga (67), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonij Sinterniklaas (79), Strijen

• 1943 » Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1943 » John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia († 2015)
• 1943 » Terry Allen, American singer and painter
• 1945 » Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Robin Strasser, American actress
• 1946 » Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer
• 1946 » Brian Turner, English chef and television host
• 1946 » Marv Hubbard, American football player († 2015)
• 1946 » Michael Rosen, English author and poet
• 1946 » Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress

• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)

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 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
• February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• 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.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

The temperature on May 7, 1946 was between 7.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.