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June 14, 1946Died on Saturday June 15, 1946
- Adriana Westerman (45), Wassenaar ('s Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dirk Gijsbertus van der Grift (81), De Bilt, Nederland
- Cornelia Kastermans (74), Diemen
- Cornelia Kastermans (74), Diemen
- Cornelis Tolk (73), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis de JONG (60), 's Gravenhage
- August DE DONCKER (43), Bellingen,1674,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
- Andries van de Stouwe (92), IJsselmuiden
- Catharina Everdina Maria Evers (73), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Albert Heetla (64), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 15, 1946 at Delpher
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De waarheid
- Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden : dagblad met ochtend- en avond-editie
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Het dagblad : uitgave van de Nederlandsche Dagbladpers te Batavia
- De vrije stemmen van Schouwen-Duiveland : tevens mededeelingenblad militair gezag
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Leeuwarder koerier
Born on June 15
- 1944 » Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic
- 1945 » Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
- 1945 » Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician († 2016)
- 1945 » Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
- 1946 » Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player († 2015)
- 1946 » John Horner, American paleontologist and academic
- 1946 » Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
- 1947 » John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist († 1984)
- 1948 » Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
- 1948 » Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
Died on June 15
- 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
- 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
- 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
- 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
- 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
- 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
- 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
- 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
- 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
- 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
Names that were popular for boys in 1946
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Antonius
- Gerardus
- Pieter
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Peter
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1946
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Marie
- Margaretha
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1946
- 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.
- February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
- April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
- April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
- May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
- August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
The weather on Saturday June 15, 1946
The temperature on June 15, 1946 was between 2.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI