About the day » Thursday January 31, 1946Calender converter

• Gerard van Heerde († 2016)
• Henderika Reitsema, Oldekerk, Nederland († 1946)
• Lodewijk Eduard Holtz, Glen Cove, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Michel Carron, Gent, Gand, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2012)
• Kind Hes
• Dinie Protzman, Vriezenveen († 2005)
• Hekwolter Of Hekhuis, Almelo
• Pieter Tillema, Den Andel, Baflo, Groningen, Netherlands († 1946)
• Mart van Diepen, De Weere, North Holland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Jacques Joseph Bosse, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)

• Adriaan de Mik (69), Gouda
• Aartje Wassenaar (49), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Snels (67), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle
• Aaltje Kracht (84), Zuidwolde, De Wolden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van Ommen (71), Zwolle
• Aaltje van Ommen (71), Zwolle
• Alida Geertruida Post (73), Amsterdam
• Adriana (Jannetje) Hendrika Lubout (70), ‘s-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Anna Maria Keetman (66), eindhoven
• Anna Catharina Sijm (62), Nibbixwoud, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » John Inverarity, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1945 » Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English lawyer, judge, and academic
• 1945 » Joseph Kosuth, American sculptor and theorist
• 1945 » Rynn Berry, American historian and author († 2014)
• 1946 » Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1946 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Chicago) († 1978)
• 1947 » Glynn Turman, American actor
• 1947 » Matt Minglewood, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1948 » Volkmar Groß, German footballer († 2014)

• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

• 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 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
• March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

The temperature on January 31, 1946 was between 2.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.