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• James L. van den Bosch, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Johannes Nicolaas (John) Nijenhuis, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Hendrikje (Hennie) Kamphorst, Ermelo Gld († 1990)
• Antonius (Toon) Lambertus Gerardus van Erp
• Kundina Irene Niewenweg, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Johannes Gerardus Sassen († 2012)
• Hennie Teunissen († 1985)
• Doodgeboren kind Uijtterlinde, Puttershoek,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1946)
• Jan van Toorn, Ingen (Buren) (GL) († 2012)
• Gerrit van Riessen, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)

• Anna Wilhelmina Pennink (86), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Wisse (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Maria van Oudgaarden (54), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Clemens Julius Stockmann (72), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Adriana Schippers (75), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Cleton (65), Sliedrecht
• Antje Zwakman (63), Heiloo, Nederland
• Arnoldus Franciscus Bogaerts (65), Rotterdam
• Aagje de Boer (70), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arie van Steenis (59), Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA)

• 1944 » Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 » Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1945 » Bill Paterson, Scottish actor
• 1945 » Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
• 1945 » Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1946 » Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
• 1946 » Michael Clarke, American drummer († 1993)
• 1946 » Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1947 » John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
• 1947 » Mickey Finn, English drummer († 2003)

• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)

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 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 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
• December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

The temperature on June 3, 1946 was between 9.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.