About the day » Sunday September 15, 1946Calender converter

• Henri J.R.M. Nelissen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Jannigje Burger († 1990)
• Hennie Bal, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1992)
• Gerda Maria Hendrickx, Berendrecht-Antwerpen, België († 1992)
• johannes mathijs marie (jo) reijnen, helden-egchel († 1968)
• Jacob Houwaard, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Juanita Ann Forret, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 2007)
• Berend Nijmeijer, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Hermanna Veurink, Brucht (Ambt Hardenberg), Ov, Nederland († 1948)
• Herman van der Paardt († 1996)

• Charles William Neal (80)
• Clifford Ryder (63), Bronson, Branch, Michigan
• Catharina BENNINK, Brummen
• Dingeman DE PRENGER (86), Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Niehues (72), Epe
• Dirk (Ritskes) Tulner (80), het bildt
• Antonius Dorregeest (66), Amsterdam
• Dirk Ritskes Tulner (80), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldegonda van Bun (52), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alida Prins (62), Sassenheim

• 1945 » Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
• 1945 » Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
• 1945 » Jessye Norman, American soprano
• 1945 » Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Howard Waldrop, American author and critic
• 1946 » Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
• 1946 » Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
• 1947 » Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager

• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)

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. John
16. Gerardus

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.
• February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
• April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• July 4 » After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

The temperature on September 15, 1946 was between 6.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.