About the day » Tuesday July 2, 1946Calender converter

• Enoch Georg von und zu Guttenburg, Guttenberg, Stadtsteinach, Germany († 2018)
• Herman Peter Hendrika Servatius Coppus, Roermond († 1965)
• Anna Louise Helena Maria Rademaker, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Dale Eugene VAN DER WAL, Volga Brookings County South Dakota U.S.A († 2010)
• Cornelis Jacobus Conijn, Barendrecht († 1947)
• Erna Stolk, Schagen N.H († 2002)
• Kornelius Heuving († 2006)
• Kornelis Heuving († 2006)
• Karl Frederick Haas, California, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Jacoba Katharina Margaretha van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Charles Alfons Albert Daniels (3), Kermt, België
• Aafke Bos (83), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Dongen (56), Breda
• Aaltje Riekeltsdr de Boer (53), Velsen
• Charles F. Miller (62), Anderson, Madison Co., IN
• Berend Jan Geerdink (75), Hengelo
• Anna Cornelia van Berkel (73), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andre-Pierre ADAM (61), Gent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie
• van Daatselaar (0), Rhenen (GE, NLD)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Johannes van Schijndel (1), Lith

• 1942 » John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar
• 1943 » Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1943 » Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer († 2013)
• 1946 » Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist († 2009)
• 1947 » Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1947 » Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)

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 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

The temperature on July 2, 1946 was between 11.9 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.