About the day » Tuesday August 20, 1946Calender converter

• Herman Jacob Vrielink, Verwolde,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Jannie Koenderink, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Jaap de Klark, Nijmegen
• Hendrika Alida Bruins, Noorder Amstel († 1946)
• Doodgeboren kind Saladin, Hilversum († 1946)
• Adriana Theodora Lamberta (Sjan) van Griensven, Boxtel († 2023)
• Harm Torrenga, Den Andel († 2014)
• Linda Lee Warner, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Harm Torrenga, Den Andel, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Ína Thea Betsema, Oost (Texel) († 1998)

• Albert Maria Petrus Versmissen (0), Baarle-Nassau
• Arnolda Catharina Baaijens (75), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Anna Louise Erica Passenier, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Vos (79), Hedel
• Barta Willemina Kraak (51), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• ANTONETTE FRANCISCA BRONKHORST (54), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Beatrice B Deighan (72), Holderness, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Harren (98), Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Catharina Kuilboer (63), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Klingenberg (70), Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1944 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India († 1991)
• 1945 » Roy Gardner, English businessman
• 1946 » Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1946 » Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
• 1946 » Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
• 1946 » Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate الدولة الفاطمية
• 1946 » N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
• 1946 » Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player
• 1947 » Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
• 1947 » Ray Wise, American actor

• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)

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 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on August 20, 1946 was between 11.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.