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• Hendrikus Jacobus (Riko) Pasveer, Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2017)
• Antonia Christine Maria (Tonny) Harink († 2005)
• Cornelis Koene († 1986)
• Huiberdina Magadalena Geertruida van Brummen, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1948)
• Manfred Otto van der Meulen († 2004)
• Ann Moss ****, Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Koos Eekhout, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Christien Jansen, Venlo († 2011)
• * Maria Catharina van Limburg-Stirum, 's Gravenhage († 2019)
• Johanna Elisabeth Gieles, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)

• Anna van der Plas (64)
• Antonius Cornelis Jonkman (0), Raalte
• Aniela Koniuszy (52), West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Vermorken (77), Amsterdam
• Alvin Bertus Senger (62), Clackamas, Clackamas County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• van Luxemborg (0), Eersel
• Antje Drewes (81), Wetsinge, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Jozef Petrus Marie Donnars (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Angenithus Ophof (71), Ridderkerk
• Antonia Maria Keevel (53), Amsterdam

• 1945 » Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
• 1945 » Goldy McJohn, Canadian keyboard player († 2017)
• 1945 » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1945 » Randy Cain, American soul singer († 2009)
• 1946 » David Suchet, English actor
• 1946 » Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1947 » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Philippe Herreweghe, Belgian conductor

• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)

• 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.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• 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
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

The temperature on May 2, 1946 was between 7.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.