About the day » Sunday January 27, 1946Calender converter

• Alvin Dean Harrenstein, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa († 2020)
• Paul Casimir Godelieve EGGERS, Turnhout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2018)
• Maria Josephina wilhelmus HORSCH, Sc haesberg († 1997)
• N.N. Ketels, Tegelen
• Johanna (Hanneke) van BEEK († 1946)
• Gertrudis Maria Leijten, Roermond (Limburg, NLD) († 2008)
• Gertrude Maria Leijten, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 2008)
• Regina Catharina Mulder, Leeuwarden († 1990)
• Pieter Maarten Proost, Amsterdam († 1946)
• André Motmans, Hasselt, België († 2022)

• Anna Maria Somers (63), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Leijte (69), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
• Abraham van Klaveren (12), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Buijze (56), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke Agatha Maurer (73), Leeuwarden Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn (89)
• BARTHA RIKKERS (48), ROTTERDAM
• anna de ZEEUW (78), rotterdam
• Antje Bos (68), Heerhugowaard
• Ketels (0)

• 1944 » Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop
• 1945 » Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1946 » Christopher Hum, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China
• 1946 » Nedra Talley, American singer
• 1947 » Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1947 » Cal Schenkel, American painter and illustrator
• 1947 » Perfecto Yasay Jr., Filipino lawyer and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
• 1947 » Philip Sugden, English historian and author († 2014)
• 1947 » Vyron Polydoras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order

• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1

• 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 United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
• February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
• March 19 » French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
• July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

The temperature on January 27, 1946 was between -3.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.