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• Leonardus Aloysius van Munster, Amersfoort († 2000)
• Jan Willem Plantagie, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Bernardus Albertus Kroft, Ter Aar (Ringdijk) († 1946)
• Constant Louis Loozen, Loksbergen, 3545, België († 1946)
• Cornelis Jacobus van der Maarl, Abbenes († 1957)
• Lou Post († 1999)
• Gertuda Theodora Helena Maria Hubbers
• Jantje Jansen († 2000)
• Jan Bootsman, Groningen († 2011)
• Jan Bootsman, Groningen († 2011)

• Charles Everhart Snyder (72)
• Aaltje Wielink (44), Wilsum (Gem. IJsselmuiden)
• Catharina RISSENBEEK (84), IJsselstein
• Baron Gerald William Bagot V of Bagot-Bromley (79)
• Aukje Reindersma (81), Rottevalle, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Stad (48), Middelharnis
• van Arnhem (0), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wetsteijn (56), Schiedam
• Auke Kootstra (71)
• Alice Caroline Hyer (39)

• 1945 » Cem Karaca, Turkish musician († 2004)
• 1945 » Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player
• 1945 » Steve Carver, American director and producer
• 1945 » Tommy Smith, English footballer († 2019)
• 1946 » Björn Granath, Swedish actor († 2017)
• 1946 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1946 » Jane Asher, English actress
• 1946 » Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer
• 1947 » Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer
• 1947 » Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician

• 1941 » Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 1946 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
• 1947 » Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
• 1950 » Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)

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. Gerardus
16. John

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.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.

The temperature on April 5, 1946 was between 6.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.