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• Jeanette Wilhelmina (Ineke) Ilbrink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Leo Meester, Zwaagdijk West († 2019)
• Hendrikus Johannes van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1946)
• Jan Cornelis Gooyer († 2016)
• Cornelia van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk († 1969)
• Henk Maneschijn, Daarlerveen († 2019)
• Jan Hendrik Egidius Maria Jozef Petri, Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
• Jan SEGERS, Hoogeloon,,PAYS BAS († 2009)
• Gerda Rous, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Cornelia van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)

• Aimée Mara Mostert (1), Nijmegen
• Arie Antonie Michaël (69), Sprang-Capelle
• Aukje Arends Bouma (57), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Klaucke (54), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Johanna Nijkamp, Deventer
• Calista Belle PRICHARD (75)
• Asa Clint BUTLER (39), Los Angeles County California U.S.A
• Anna Klugkist (74), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje (Anne) Hilje Froling (63), Groningen
• Antonia Wilhelmina Jorna (69), Stad Delden, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1943 » Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach († 2001)
• 1943 » Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
• 1944 » Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden
• 1945 » Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
• 1945 » Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Paul Smith, English fashion designer
• 1946 » Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec
• 1946 » Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer († 2013)
• 1947 » Todd Akin, American politician

• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

• 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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

The temperature on July 5, 1946 was between 14.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.