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• Derk Jan Wansink († 1992)
• Aline Engel, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelia van Gelder, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1951)
• Alfred Franciscus PATERNOT, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• johanna hendrika elisabeth spil, schiedam /kethel († 2009)
• Henricus Josephus van den Beld, Deventer {OV} († 1946)
• Jacques Vogten († 2016)
• Joe Dennis Clapp († 1999)
• Alice HELLINGS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2015)
• Johannes Antonius Lendering, Babberich

• Adrianus Johannes Voets (19), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Flart (80), Zaandam, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Maes- (79), Tilburg, Nederland
• Catharina Fühler (7), Emmen
• Auke van der Weide (27), Eindhoven
• Arie Willem Blokland (82), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Antoon SIMONS (72), Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Pier Kuijsten (58), Voorschoten, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Ariën Veenendaal (70), Woudenberg, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika ter Horst (70), Heerlen

• 1943 » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1943 » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1944 » Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist.
• 1944 » Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine).
• 1944 » Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time.
• 1946 » Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter.
• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.

• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

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 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
• May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

The temperature on June 6, 1946 was between 8.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.