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• Jurrien Goris, Hardenberg († 2019)
• Jan Geurt (2) van den Bos, Veenendaal
• Johannes Michiel Maria van Alem, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Adri Smids, Nijmegen (Gelderland) († 2014)
• Hilda Monard, Val-Meer, Riemst, België († 1993)
• Janneman De Koker († 1948)
• Gerard Span, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Louise Cornelia Hessing, Gouda († 2014)
• Arno Willem Jacobus Lammerts, Utrecht († 2014)
• Fien Boesten, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)

• Adriana Maria van Luik (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Nicolaas Breure (79), Haarlemmermeer
• Albert Alfons Vercauteren (30), Haasdonk (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Cornelis Henricus van Ierlant (77), Tilburg
• van Liempt (66)
• Cornelis Henricus van Ierland (77), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Caroline Elizabeth Moxam (81)
• Akke Grondstra (71), woudsend
• Charles Augustus BODMER (64), Scioto, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Kost (0), Exloërmond

• 1945 » Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Eva Bergman, Swedish director and screenwriter
• 1946 » Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marmalade) († 2018)
• 1946 » Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
• 1946 » Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter and producer († 1991)
• 1946 » Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic
• 1946 » Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1947 » Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer († 2008)
• 1947 » Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
• 1947 » Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player

• 1932 » Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1932 » Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1934 » Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (b. 1878)
• 1936 » Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (b. 1859)
• 1942 » François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German agronomist and politician (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (b. 1911)

• 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 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

The temperature on September 5, 1946 was between 10.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.