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• Elisabeth Thiran, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgique († 1946)
• Cornelis Marius Leuvenink, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Hugo Kempeneers, Nieuwerkerken, België († 1991)
• Anna Maria LENSINK, Soest († 1946)
• Johanna Catharina Stolk († 2001)
• Arie Pieter Middelkoop († 2006)
• Arie Pieter (Piet) Middelkoop, Schoonrewoerd († 2006)
• Arend Kamphuis, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2023)
• Hendrik den Ouden († 2020)
• Antonia Hendrika Scholten, Etten Gld († 2009)

• anna maria josephina hauser (76), Blerick, 5993, Nederland
• Derk de Jong (81), Emmen
• Annetje Hofman (70), Nunspeet
• Bouke Haverveld (72), Uithuizermeeden
• cornelis de JONG (72), mijnsheerenland
• Anna Elisabeth van Tuijl (76), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelia Kloeseman (78), Heino
• Cornelis Steur (29), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Jacoba Knoop (85), Dodewaard, Nederland
• Arie Johannes van Kleeff (69), Rotterdam

• 1945 » Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist
• 1946 » André Watts, American pianist and educator
• 1946 » Bob Vila, American television host
• 1946 » David Kazhdan, Russian-Israeli mathematician and academic
• 1946 » Xanana Gusmão, Timorese soldier and politician, 1st President of East Timor
• 1947 » Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American pop singer (The Crystals)
• 1948 » Cirilo Flores, American bishop († 2014)
• 1948 » Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, 10th President of Nauru
• 1949 » Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass player and songwriter († 2018)
• 1949 » Lionel Richie, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player (b. 1912)

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 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• 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.
• August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

The temperature on June 20, 1946 was between 7.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.