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• Josephina Johanna Maria Gerarda Hanssen, Geleen († 2011)
• Hans Vrijhof, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• levenloos geboren kind van Adrianus Marinus SMAK GREGOOR, Dordrecht († 1946)
• Nico van de Weerdt, Gronsveld
• N.N. Koreneef, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Marta Maria Amato, Arealva, São Paulo, Brasil († 2020)
• Jan Vos, Manning, Alberta,Canada († 1967)
• N.N. De Jonge, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1946)
• Joyce Hermine Abbas, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa († 2023)
• Christina Wilmina Kooistra, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)

• Aaltje Jans Tiesma (67), Bolsward
• Verschuur (0), Zeist, Nederland
• Adriana Rehorst (57), Klundert, Nederland
• Alice Catherine Fortrie (71), Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, VS
• Cornelis Tolk (73), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Merks (54), Breda
• Carolus Andreas Snels (81), Weelde (B)
• Charles Hamilton Palmer, Demerara, British Guiana, British Colonial America
• Aaltje Tiesma (67), Workum
• Dirk Willem Christinus Olij (35), Rotterdam

• 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

• 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)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
10. Peter
11. Jacob
12. Petrus
13. Adrianus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. John

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. Marianne

• 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 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• January 31 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.

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.