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• levenloos geboren kind († 1946)
• Ademir Gomes da Cruz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2007)
• Grietje Sietske Harens, Grijpskerk († 1946)
• N.N. van der Weide, Weidum
• Barry Robert Keats, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia († 2004)
• Harry Westbroek, Rotterdam
• Jacob Gerhard Staudt († 1984)
• Abert Mestrum, Grevenbicht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• Eric Barrezeele, Kortrijk († 2001)
• Adriana Eliza Maduro, Aruba († 2013)

• Anna Maria Struyven (65), Genk Belgique
• Carl Willis (48), Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
• Antonie Dingeman Schoenmakers (80), Nieuw-Ginneken
• Carolina Susanna Vercauteren (59), Sint-Niklaas
• Aart Gerard Verboon (37), Harmelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anthonia Kuijer (75), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hindrik Hofstede (74), Nordhorn
• Antonius Mulders (69), Loosbroek
• Anna Cornelia Buurman (72), Rotterdam
• Anne Mary Mason (66), Shottle, Amber Valley Borough, Derbyshire, England

• 1944 » Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
• 1945 » Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1945 » Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Patrick Ricard, French businessman († 2012)
• 1946 » Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
• 1947 » Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1948 » Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
• 1948 » Lindsay Crouse, American actress
• 1948 » Richard Riehle, American actor
• 1948 » Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)

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. 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. 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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

The temperature on May 12, 1946 was between 5.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.