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• Jennigje Scheffer, Hattemerbroek (Gem. Oldebroek) († 2008)
• Dolf MEIJER († 2018)
• Maria Petronella Cornelia Opdam, Leiderdorp († 2015)
• Guusje de Wit, Badhoevedorp († 2015)
• Jan Willem Wennekes, Wageningen († 1974)
• Kros, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Antonius Theodorus Mesman, Lisse († 1998)
• Bartholomeus Johannes van Kaam, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• H.J.M. (Henk) de Boer († 2019)
• Hennie Pierik, Stad Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2020)

• aafje wester (78), warder
• adriana maria van Vessem (0), oosterhout
• Mermans (0), Dessel (België)
• Albert Zwiers (84), Haarlem
• Adrianus Franciscus Jansen (67), Turnhout
• Adrianus Franciscus Jansen (67), Turnhout, 2300, Antwerpen (B)
• Aloijsius Antonius Borghoff, Doetinchem
• Aaltje de Jager (58), Noordeloos
• Albert Zwiers (84), Haarlem
• Aloysius Josephus Bellemans (41), Bilzen, België

• 1943 » Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction († 1977)
• 1943 » Milton William Cooper, American theorist and author († 2001)
• 1944 » Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director († 1991)
• 1944 » Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1945 » Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1947 » Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
• 1947 » Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido († 2013)
• 1947 » Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
• 1948 » Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player († 2013)

• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)

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 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
• 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 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.

The temperature on May 6, 1946 was between 2.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.