About the day » Saturday January 12, 1946Calender converter

• Bartha Wolff, Wezep (Oldebroek), Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrik Breider, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1986)
• Gerardina (Goverdina Elisabeth) Snelders, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2000)
• Anne Hoekstra, Opeinde († 2015)
• Freddy Brouns, Wuustwezel,, Antwerpen, België († 1953)
• Katherine Margaret Montagu-Douglas-Scott († 2008)
• Bernardus Gerardus Maria Sturkenboom († 2011)
• Annette Elsa Sijke Keuning, Rotterdam († 1966)
• Maria Mesu, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrikus Gerardus Franciscus Grooten, Almelo († 2008)

• Alfred Harry Bedell Buckley (79), Newtown NSW
• Albertus Asjee (73), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Botter (66), Leiden
• Antje Sijtzes van Seijen (van Seyen) (48), Ureterp
• Aaldert Roelof Snippe (0), Almelo
• Aaldert Roelof Snippe (0), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elis. Botter (66), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje SCHAAP (74), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• A W de Groot (88), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje van der Heide (58)

• 1944 » Cynthia Robinson, American R&B trumpet player and singer (d 2015)
• 1944 » Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 » Joe Frazier, American boxer († 2011)
• 1945 » Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1946 » Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1947 » Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
• 1947 » Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician
• 1947 » Tom Dempsey, American football player and educator
• 1948 » Kenny Allen, English footballer

• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)

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. Gerardus
16. John

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 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
• July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).

The temperature on January 12, 1946 was between 5.0 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.