About the day » Friday August 30, 1946Calender converter

• Gerhardus Albertus Hurink († 2017)
• NN Abbas, Fairbault County, Minnesota († 1946)
• Arend VERMEER, 's-Gravenhage († 1946)
• Hans Gerd Sommer, Walshut (Duitsland) († 1983)
• Clinton Dale Damron, USA († 2010)
• A.J. Timmer († 2024)
• Allan Douglas Hanning CAMERON, Aberdeen Scotland († 1965)
• Carolina Grietje Zwolle († 1995)
• Christiaan Theodorus Maria Dijkhuis († 1994)
• Hilda Vanvinckenroye († 1993)

• Annigje van Benthem (61), Vollenhove
• Adriana Maria Leonarda Jacoba Rinck (62), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Nicolaas VERLOOP (61), Nijmegen
• Adriaan Hulsen (100), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Mary Pendergest (68), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Gerhard Onnink (72), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Hoefeyzers (73), Hontenisse
• Benedictus van Casteren (81), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Rebecca van Grootveldt (83), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Lerned Rausch (54), Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

• 1944 » Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1944 » Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic
• 1944 » Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian
• 1944 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author († 2007)
• 1944 » Tug McGraw, American baseball player († 2004)
• 1946 » Peggy Lipton, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1946 » Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1947 » Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1948 » Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party († 1969)
• 1948 » Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author

• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

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.
• April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
• April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
• August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on August 30, 1946 was between 9.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.