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• Catharina Francisca van der Poel, Zoeterwoude (Rijndijk), Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Timmerman, ANTWERPEN, BELGIE († 2006)
• Johannes Wilbrink († 2017)
• Detmer Dijkhuis, Hornhuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Peter Marie Leonard Schrijen, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Jaack van der Heijden, Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonius Franciscus (Toon) Claessen, Bakel en Milheeze († 2001)
• Hilbert Gort, Kampen († 2017)
• Gilles Hendrikus Potharst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Johannes Nicolaas den Haan, Katwijk († 2022)

• Adriaan ten Haaf (85), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alberdina Trientina Weitering (27), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Gerardus Hollaardt (63), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Krens (94), Etten Leur
• Anna Cornelia van Berkel (72), Tilburg
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Tilborg (69), Waalwijk
• Antonius Petrus Kempen (75), 's-Gravendeel
• Adriana_Wilhelmina Wagemakers (73)
• Adolphus Johannes MARTIN (72), Amsterdam
• Albert Ruben Sandy (76), Prince George's, Maryland, United States

• 1943 » Charles Haid, American actor and director
• 1943 » Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
• 1944 » Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor († 2012)
• 1944 » Robert Elliott, American actor († 2004)
• 1945 » Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician
• 1945 » Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
• 1946 » Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Peter Sutcliffe, UK serial killer
• 1948 » Jerry Mathers, American actor
• 1949 » Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist († 2020)

• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 1948 » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (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.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on June 2, 1946 was between 8.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.