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• Hendrika Anthonia Borg, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2022)
• Johan Friedrich van de Pas, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Theodorus Maria van Dijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Carolina Petronella Willemina de Haas, Oosterbeek († 1946)
• Leo van Nooij, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Petronella Johanna Maria Beterams, Breda († 1997)
• Clazina Maria van Laarhoven-, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1946)
• Johannes Rudolf van den Biezenbos, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1979)
• Johan Westerveld, Alkmaar († 2006)
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• Antje Mattheus van Halen (69), Surhuizum
• Arend Theodoor Jan du Crocq (68)
• Arnoldus Vermeer (42), Tiel
• Arie Cornelis van der Lelij (48), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adtiana Jacoba Hamelink (30), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Margaret Judge (46), Syracuse, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Jacoba Hamelink (30), Terneuzen
• Barbara Olthof (71), Heeze
• Antonie van Es (88), Houten (U) Nederland
• Arie Cornelis van der Lelij (48), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic († 2015)
• 1945 » Angelo Castro, Jr., Filipino actor and journalist († 2012)
• 1946 » David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Richard Noble, Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 1947 » Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 » Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 1947 » Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
• 1947 » John Stossel, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist

• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)

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.
• 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.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.

The temperature on March 6, 1946 was between -1.1 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.