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• Anna Alida Geertruida Rood, Grootebroek († 1952)
• Dorus André Borgdorff, Den Haag († 2022)
• Johan Bernard Schulte- († 1954)
• Joseph William Nylic, Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• NN VAN DE HAAR, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Dina Paula Maria in den Bosch, Beuningen († 2012)
• Marcel Noël CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 1947)
• Annie Maria Arnolda De Jonghe, Bornem († 2009)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Westdijk, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Geertruida Schutte († 2016)

• Catharina Hendrina Vreugdenhil (0), Delft
• Aaltje Reurink (83), Avereest
• Aleida Maria Vogt (73)
• Caroline Eilbracht (65), Bandoeng, West-Java
• Alida van Zal (67), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes BOSHOVEN Bdr (68), Grand Rapids, Kent, US-MI
• Anna Eugenie van Rosenschild-Paulyn (84), Collon, Leinster, Ierl
• Bethel Durant (73), Georgetown,South Carolina
• Alida Maria Vogt (73), Utrecht
• Albertus Gregorius Helmich (79), Angra dos Reis, Brazilië

• 1943 » Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
• 1944 » Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
• 1946 » Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
• 1946 » George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
• 1946 » Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
• 1946 » Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Roy Señeres, Filipino diplomat and politician († 2016)
• 1948 » Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
• 1948 » Nathalie Baye, French actress

• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1959 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 » Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)

• 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 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
• October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on July 6, 1946 was between 9.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.