About the day » Tuesday August 27, 1946Calender converter

• C.J. Hartman († 2021)
• Huberdina Cornelia (Dianne) van Dixhoorn († 2014)
• Hendrikus M. van Gerwen, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1965)
• J K M van Hoeijen († 2020)
• Dirk Peddemors, enter († 2020)
• Jan Metz († 2012)
• Albert Schoemaker, Vriezenveen († 2007)
• Luc POPELIER, Ieper († 2003)
• Franz Heinrich Emmanuel Ludwig Antonius Maria Hubertus von Galen, Lingen († 1997)
• Gert Schipper († 2008)

• Arie Pieter Dijkshoorn (39), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hessels (84), Tilburg
• Adolph Eshuis (53), Hull, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Veronica de Jong (80), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Barbara Typels (77), Bornem
• Barbara Tijpels (77), Bornem
• Antje Sybes (Sijbes) Riedstra (72), Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Alida Keuris (68), alkmaar
• Antje Sybes Riedstra (72), Huizem, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Goedegebuure (79), Zierikzee

• 1944 » Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player
• 1945 » Douglas R. Campbell, Canadian lawyer and judge
• 1946 » Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager
• 1947 » Barbara Bach, American model and actress
• 1947 » Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1947 » Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
• 1947 » John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
• 1947 » Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
• 1947 » Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1948 » John Mehler, American drummer

• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1956 » Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• April 29 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

The temperature on August 27, 1946 was between 8.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.