About the day » Thursday October 17, 1946Calender converter

• Linda Cheryl AUWEMA, Chicago († 1993)
• Arie de Vreugd, Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Antonius Carolus Hunting, Bergh, Nederland († 1992)
• Johannis Anthonie Noordhoek, Kortgene († 2010)
• Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Hendrika Ferdinanda Correlj√©, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Jacobus Reehorst († 1946)
• Karst Loonstra, Oostrum († 1970)
• Arie de Vreugd, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Phyllis Ligtenberg, Parkston, South Dakota, VS († 2018)
• Albertus van Omme, Barneveld († 1948)

• Catharina Hendrica Wolfern (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Holten, van (63)
• (Stillborn) TEN HAVE (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Antonia ten Hoedt (76), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Korsaan (0), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Hanckman (80), Stein, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia WILDEBOER (86), Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Josephus Kramer (61), Leiden
• Aafke Korsaan (0), Groningen
• Albert Doldersum (42), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1946 » Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
• 1946 » Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
• 1946 » Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
• 1946 » Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician († 2018)
• 1946 » Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
• 1946 » José Perramón, Spanish handball player
• 1946 » Julio Miranda, Argentine politician
• 1946 » Manuel Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
• 1946 » Michael Hossack, American drummer († 2012)
• 1946 » Ronni Chasen, American publicist († 2010)

• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
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. Aaltje

• 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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• March 5 » Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
• May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.

The temperature on October 17, 1946 was between 8.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.