About the day » Monday January 21, 1946Calender converter

• Gerard Jean Billen, Vliermaal, Kortessem, Limburg, België († 1946)
• Clifford Young, Inez, Martin County, Kentucky, United States of America († 2011)
• Hendrik Broeren, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2011)
• Jan Veldman, Texel († 2006)
• Jacob O. (Jack) MOLENHOUSE († 2009)
• Henry Scholte, Ter Apels († 2007)
• Hindrik Simen Til, Roodeschool (gem. Eemsmond) († 1984)
• Jan Pieter Scheele, Zaamslag († 1946)
• Jan Veldman, De Koog (Texel, NH) († 2006)
• Anthonius Jacobus Koolloos, Nieuwe Wetering (Alkemade) († 1949)

• Aaltje Schothorst (82), Wagenborgen, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Vries (53), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Wieren (34), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Roosendaal (82), S'Gravenhage, Z-Hol, NL
• ANNA HALBELINA FEITSMA (79), VOORBURG
• Anna Catharina van Os (70), Hengelo(O)
• Adam Joseph Reith (69), Fulda, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Adrianus DE JONG (56), Goes, Gemeente Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina van Os (70), Hengelo
• Allie Beatrice Young (65), Springer Carter County Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Martin Shaw, English actor and producer
• 1945 » Pete Kircher, English drummer
• 1946 » Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer
• 1946 » Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer
• 1946 » Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer († 2011)
• 1946 » Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer
• 1947 » Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier
• 1947 » Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician
• 1947 » Jill Eikenberry, American actress
• 1947 » Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
• 1950 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)
• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)

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.
• January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.

The temperature on January 21, 1946 was between -3.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.