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• Gerrit Kok († 2009)
• 1 Diane Pouleyn, Harelbeke BE († 2015)
• Jacob Post, Oosterzee
• Johannes Adrianus Peek, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gerardus Antonius Marie Zoetekouw, Bergharen († 1946)
• Eppo Quirinus Maria Cools, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Johanna Francisca de Mie, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• gerarda maria (gerd) van nienhuijs, helden-panningen
• Kenneth Lee Thrall
• Grietje Roelfina Reinds, De Kiel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)

• Antonie van Gameren (88), Beesd, Geldermalsen
• Akke Durks Beeksma (60), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertus Hendrikus Lagraauw (72), Delft, Nederland
• Adrianus Perquin (82), Ginneken
• Berendina Tempelman (46)
• Anna Catharina van der Kruijssen (63), Veghel
• Alice GOLDSMITH (62), Chalkdell Hospital, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Arie Nederpelt (81), 's-Gravenhage
• Harm Jan Koster (6), Ermelo
• Auguste Flaminia Ferdinanda ZU SALM UND SALM-SALM (65), Herrnstein

• 1945 » Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author
• 1945 » Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire
• 1945 » Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1946 » Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
• 1946 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat († 2009)
• 1946 » Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
• 1946 » Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
• 1947 » Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
• 1947 » Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

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. 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. 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 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on May 31, 1946 was between 10.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.