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• Johny Jozef Vandekendelaere, Moorslede († 1949)
• Linda Kay Fink
• Dirk van den Oever, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Maria de Lurdes May, Angelina SC († 2017)
• Johannes Laurentius Maria Manhoudt, Venlo († 2022)
• Hendrikus Gerhardus Tijink, Haaksbergen († 1947)
• Mary Hendrika van den Bos, 's Gravenhage († 2017)
• Edward John (Eddie) BOWER († 2018)
• Cornelis Joost van de Glind († 1946)
• Corrie Weijs († 2009)

• * Alida Maria (Aatke) den Burger (78), Sliedrecht
• Adrianus Bezemer (30), Rotterdam
• Adriana van den Nieuwendijk (67), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Onnes, (GR) Beerta
• Aagtje van Beveren (86), Sint Annaland
• Alida Maria den Burger (78), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Marinus Gesink (64)
• Alexander Alouisius Cornelis Rens (66), Schiedam
• Anna Hinderika Onnes (88), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Allagonda Feikens (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland

• 1944 » Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player († 2013)
• 1944 » Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
• 1944 » Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
• 1945 » Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 » Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
• 1945 » Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2012)
• 1946 » Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 1993)
• 1946 » Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
• 1947 » Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
• 1947 » Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer

• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)

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 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
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on May 26, 1946 was between 12.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.