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• Frans Kompier, amsterdam, Nederland († 1946)
• Leo van Dee, Wilrijk,2610,Antwerpen,BE († 2020)
• Jacobus Joseph Maria Bijvoet, Zuidermeer († 2000)
• Ad Mathijssen, loon p( Zand († 2012)
• Harold Dean Thrift, North Carolina († 1958)
• Hendrikus Johannes Luijpen, Dreumel († 1946)
• Elisabeth Johanna Catharina Maria Dekker, Waarland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Krijn Bok, van der, Ouddorp, NL († 1946)
• Johannes Christianus Petrus Marie van Lakwijk, Woensdrecht NBr-NL († 2010)
• Jacobus Maria Joannes Bonten, Heerlen († 1991)

• Antje Kromhout (85), Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Leonardus Gijsbertus van der List (0), Roosendaal
• Anthonius Adrianus van Zuijlen (67), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Eliza Ansell (73)
• Antonie VIJFVINKEL (75)
• Anthony BOMGAARS (57)
• Catharina Engelbert (69), Heerlen
• Anthonius Adrianus van Zuilen (67), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Jacoba Christina de Ranitz
• Alice Timmer (60), Chicago VS

• 1943 » Fabian Forte, American pop singer and actor
• 1944 » Christine Boutin, French politician, French Minister of Housing and Urban Development
• 1944 » Michael Tucker, American actor and producer
• 1944 » Willie Tee, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2007)
• 1945 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1946 » Jim Turner, American captain and politician
• 1946 » Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1946 » Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter († 2010)
• 1947 » Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Charlie Hickcox, American swimmer (d .2010)

• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
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. Aaltje

• 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.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

The temperature on February 6, 1946 was between 3.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.