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• Hendrik Jozef Chin, Maromijne Suriname († 2021)
• Johannes Gerrit Ymes Foekema († 1967)
• Louis Elza VAN BROECK, Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2019)
• Jan Molenaar († 2022)
• Gerard Huisman, Groningen († 2020)
• Barbara Joan Renzen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2016)
• Celine Priemen, Hasselt, België († 2012)
• J.G.M. Boss, Schaesberg (L
• Levenloos kind de Vroom, Harderwijk († 1946)
• Daniel Lee Oldenburger, Hanford (Kings County) (California) († 1953)

• Charles Duckitt (75)
• Anthon Gerrit Aemile van Rippard (74), Rheden
• Christiaan Marinus Verburgt (84), Steenbergen
• Alida Geertruda Pama (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Gerrit van RAPPARD (74), Velp (Noord-Brabant)
• Cornelia Francisca Schapendonk (24), Eindhoven
• Christiaan Verburgt (84), Steenbergen
• Antonia Neeltje Mudde (58), Nieuwpoort
• Bernhard Diederik Gijsbert Wardenburg (72), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Korte (35), Schoonebeek

• 1945 » Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
• 1945 » Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1945 » Steven Norris, English engineer and politician
• 1945 » Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2012)
• 1946 » Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter
• 1946 » Jesualdo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1946 » Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1947 » Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 » Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
• 1947 » Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player

• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)

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 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• March 19 » French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on May 24, 1946 was between 8.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.