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• Arie Jaeger, Utrecht († 1946)
• Aline Engel, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Angela Maria van Salm-Hoogstraten, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 2009)
• Jacques Vogten († 2016)
• Alice Maria (Alice) Hellings, Genk, België († 2015)
• Arthur Ernst Odinot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Johannes Henricus Maria van Gestel, Chaam († 2003)
• Bart Flach, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Maria Bentert († 2004)
• Elizabeth Maria Kluts, Apeldoorn († 1946)

• Antoinette von Loudon (62), Svatobořice-Mistřín, Tchéquie
• Catharina Fühler (7), Emmen
• Auke van der Weide (27), Eindhoven
• Adriana Maria Maas (79), Tilburg
• Adriana van den Ban (89), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon SIMONS (72), Belfeld, Limburg, Netherlands
• Agatha Bakker (69), Langedijk, Oudkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis Geerts (80), Baarle-Nassau, Nederland
• Aaltje Flart (80), Zaandam, Nederland
• Aaltje Gelts Hofman (74), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland

• 1943 » José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, Mexican lawyer and jurist († 2010)
• 1943 » Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1944 » Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist.
• 1944 » Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine).
• 1944 » Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time.
• 1946 » Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter.
• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.

• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)
• 1941 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
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. Aaltje

• 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.
• March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• 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.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on June 6, 1946 was between 8.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.