About the day » Monday October 21, 1946Calender converter

• Jennifer Frances TEMPLETON, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2023)
• Aaltinus (Tinus) Pol, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Fredericus Johannes Maria Timmer, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1946)
• Frans Anthonie Mantel, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Irmgard SIEVEN, Gressenich/Stolberg (D) († 2002)
• Bruce Croeze († 2018)
• Johannes van der Waal, Rotterdam († 1972)
• Gré Bakker, Schagerbrug († 2010)
• Cornelia Maria (Corrie) VROONE, Breezand/Anna Paulowna (NL/NH) († 1957)
• Juliana Meerschaut († 1946)

• Catharina Elisabeth Hamonts (78), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Akke Ydes Hamstra (82), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Laarman (80), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gaudina Fransisca Oosterwaal (71), Raamsdonkveer
• Aaltje Lens (27), Harderwijk
• Akke Ydes Hamstra (82), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Albertus VAN OPPEN (46), Gouda Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Bart van IJmeren (51), Tiel
• Adriana Geertje Schouten (2), Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hendriks (76), Arnhem

• 1944 » Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress († 2014)
• 1944 » Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 » Michael White, English journalist
• 1945 » Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker
• 1946 » Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
• 1946 » Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
• 1946 » Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
• 1946 » Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1948 » Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
• 1948 » Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic

• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

• 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.
• January 31 » Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
• April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.

The temperature on October 21, 1946 was between 9.5 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.