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• N.N. Nelis, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Ellen Agetha Clasina van Vliet, Krommenie († 1946)
• Machiel Noordanus, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Hendrikus Johannes Pfundt, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Johannes Evert Jan Hissink, Twello († 2017)
• John Donald "Jack" Lee, Orange, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Harmannus Conradus Pieter Venema, Haren († 2020)
• Jan Carel Lelieveld, Mook en Middelaar († 1997)
• Joosen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes Carolus Lelieveld, Mook († 1997)

• Agnes Anna Maria Klein Swormink, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Wijker (85), Egmond aan Zee
• Ale Boelens (86), Zwolle
• Carolina Antonia Schrönen (80), Beverwijk, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus Karremans (50), 's-Gravenhage, Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Engelsd Wijker (85), EaZ
• Arnoldus Johannes Neijzen (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Antonia Schrönen (80), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Lodewijk Blume (61)
• Alice A. Wright (59), Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1944 » Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, Iranian-English academic and politician
• 1944 » Janet Dailey, American author and entrepreneur († 2013)
• 1944 » Marcie Blane, American singer
• 1945 » Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
• 1945 » Richard Hatch, American actor, writer, and producer († 2017)
• 1946 » Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1946 » Wayne Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider and coach
• 1947 » İlber Ortaylı, Turkish historian and academic
• 1947 » Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic († 1992)

• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
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 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.

The temperature on May 21, 1946 was between 10.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.