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• Jannetje van Eerde († 2010)
• Linda Kay Fink
• Erik Alexander Verhage, Hengelo, Overijssel, NL († 2016)
• Corrie Weijs († 2009)
• Johny Jozef Vandekendelaere, Moorslede († 1949)
• Maria de Lurdes May, Angelina SC († 2017)
• Johan Dirk van Tintelen (Kuipers), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Andries Bonsing, Hoogkerk Groningen Groningen Nederland († 2014)
• Mary Hendrika van den Bos, 's Gravenhage († 2017)
• Cornelis Joost van de Glind († 1946)

• Adélard Lambert dit Robillard (79), St-Simon
• Adrianus Bezemer (30), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes van Loosbroek (76), Nijmegen
• Allagonda Feikens (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus BEZEMER (30), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Onnes, (GR) Beerta
• Adriana Masson (34), Rotterdam
• Anthonie van Doesburg (40), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Mosselaar van de (75), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aplonia Hendrika Kuijpers (43), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland

• 1944 » Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player († 2013)
• 1944 » Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
• 1944 » Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
• 1945 » Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 » Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
• 1945 » Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2012)
• 1946 » Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 1993)
• 1946 » Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
• 1947 » Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
• 1947 » Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer

• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)

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. 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. 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 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on May 26, 1946 was between 12.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.