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• Frederik Adriaan Stadhouders, Den-Haag († 2005)
• Adrianus Walteris Antonis Marie Oerlemans, Dongen († 1997)
• Doodgeboren kind Knepfle, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1946)
• Hennie Pasjes, Gramsbergen († 1950)
• Elizabeth Bulthuis († 1992)
• Dave Ronny Aronson, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 2007)
• A.W.J. Bosselaar, Den Haag († 2013)
• Clasina Hulshof, Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerdina Theodora Maria Kemper, Raalte († 2015)
• Christine Joan Hodgson, Durham, England († 2022)

• Catharina Zweemer (77), Borssele
• Berend Borgert Orsel (72), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus Liefrink (0), Nijmegen
• Bernardus Theodorus Linders (4), Gemert, Gemert-Bakel
• Alexandre dit Toto HIRAT (67), Haironville (55000), Meuse, Lorraine, FRANCE
• Albert Reints (41), Hardenberg
• Byron Stevens (68)
• Aart Nugteren (75), Poortugaal, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alphonse Joannes Amelia Van Laere (74), Gent
• Berend Borgert Berendszn Orsel (72), Winschoten, Nederland

• 1944 » Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 » Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
• 1944 » Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1946 » John Law, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 » Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Cheryl Clarke, American writer
• 1947 » Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer († 1999)
• 1947 » Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader († 2011)
• 1948 » Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
• 1948 » Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author

• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 » James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
• 1955 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (b. 1921)

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.
• February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
• April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

The temperature on May 16, 1946 was between -0.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.