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• Dirk Theodoor van Ekelenburg, Schiedam († 1995)
• Laurens Christiaan van der Waal, Capelle aan de IJssel († 1976)
• Janny Kisteman, Avereest (Overijssel) († 2023)
• Johannes Akkermans, Dongen (Dongen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1979)
• Antonius van Rijn, Naaldwijk († 2012)
• Anton Leonard Joseph de Block, Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Johanna Cornelia Pieterse, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1946)
• Antonius Adrianus van Rijn, Honselersdijk († 2012)
• Geertje Cornelia de Graaf († 1988)
• Dick de Witte, amsterdam, Nederland († 1987)

• Candido Pereira de Mello (54), Quitandinha, Paraná, Brasil
• Aalbert DIJK, van (31), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca van der Wal (56), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartha Knegt (25)
• Catharina Theodora Christiaana (26), Bloemendaal
• Anna Catharina Schiphuis (92), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Age Offringa (65), Rottevalle, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mertens (87), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Céline VAN COPPENOLLE (71), Linkebeek,1630,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Barend Van Hengel (73), Barendrecht

• 1942 » Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland
• 1943 » Henry Hill, American mobster († 2012)
• 1945 » Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
• 1947 » Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 1948 » Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
• 1949 » Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress († 2014)
• 1951 » Matthew Engel, English journalist and author

• 1927 » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)

• 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.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on June 11, 1946 was between 6.5 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.