About the day » Saturday November 23, 1946Calender converter

• Anne C. Holm († 2001)
• Jan van der Weide († 1977)
• John Ruland GARDNER, Wyoming, United States Of America († 2009)
• Astrid Marianne Jongerdijk, Hengelo († 2025)
• Derkje Bossema, (OV) Weerdingerveen
• Ilona Dina Middelman, Baarle-Hertog, België
• Egberdina Johanna Aletta (Annelet) Broekhuis, Twello, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henderika ( Rika) Strockmeijer, Braamberg († 2013)
• Antonius Maria Machielsen, Breda († 1949)
• Gerardus Overberg, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)

• Berend Jan van Zwichelaar (67), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hoeder (45), Rotterdam
• Arend Compagne (76), Lutten aan de Dedemsvaart (Hardenberg Ambt), Ov, The Netherlands
• Bernard Ebbers (78), Doetinchem
• Cornelia Theodora van Zetten (21), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Alice Louisa WEBB (66)
• Christina Aleida Olthof (58), Ridderkerk
• Berend Jan Zwichelaar (67), Coevorden
• Bernard Ebbers (78), Doetinchem "Het Goor" IJzevoorde
• arie hendrik van SOEST (91), oudenhoorn

• 1944 » Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
• 1945 » Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Jerry Harris, American sculptor
• 1945 » Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
• 1945 » Keith Hampshire, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host
• 1945 » Tony Pond, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1946 » Bobby Rush, American activist and politician
• 1946 » Diana Quick, English actress
• 1946 » Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1947 » Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host

• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

• 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 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
• January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

The temperature on November 23, 1946 was between 2.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.