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• Henrica Adriana Theodora de Gooijer, Helmond († 1946)
• Arlette Delaey, Roeselare West Vlaanderen België († 2017)
• Jan Nuijten, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Doodgeboren Kind Rijntjes, 's-Gravenhage († 1946)
• Hubert FAES, Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2019)
• Cor van den Enden, Nederland († 2021)
• Hendrika Maria Wilms, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Johanna Elisabeth Snel († 2005)
• levenloos geboren kind van Cornelis Dirk GOEMAAT, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Hendrikje Oranje, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)

• Adriaantje Huisman (64), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jansz X van 't Land (66), Zwolle
• Dieneke (0), Tilburg
• "Anna" Wanda Sara Ellinor Henckel von Donnersmarck (51), Berlin
• Clasina Willemina Arnoldus (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Hendrik SCHENK (68), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Marinus Carol (36), Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacomina Portegies (79), Alkmaar
• Anna Schaafsma (30), Leeuwarden
• Curtis Charles Petee (66), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1944 » Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1944 » Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
• 1945 » Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » John Williams, English motorcycle racer († 1978)
• 1946 » Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer († 2005)
• 1947 » Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 1947 » Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1947 » Peter DeFazio, American politician
• 1947 » Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)

• 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 first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• 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.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• 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.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on May 27, 1946 was between 11.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.