About the day » Monday December 2, 1946Calender converter

• Karl Dean Alberda, Gallatin Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Hendrik Johannes Vos, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Andreas Matthias Maria van Mierlo, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Antonie Jacobus Fronik, Mijdrecht († 2012)
• Jacob WIELINGA, Groningen († 2000)
• Jerry Post, South Bend (Indiana) († 1961)
• Peter van Veldhoven, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2016)
• Abraham Warner, Rotterdam († 2020)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Scheel, Baarn († 2014)
• Darlene M Broadus, Garrard, Kentucky, United States († 2006)

• "Louis" Marie François de Rohan-Chabot (81), Rainville, Vosges, France
• Anna Cornelia Smeekens (37), Udenhout
• Antonie Beekhuis (90), Zandvoort
• Charles Henry Bissmeyer (Bissmeier) (67), Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Geertrui Dorlas (77), Zwolle
• Bondina Uilkes de Jong (72), Drachten,, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina BOURGONDIEN (39), Deventer
• Kodde, Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Hermanus Schoemaker (71), Heiloo
• Bondina de Jong (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1944 » Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo († 2006)
• 1945 » Alan Thomson, Australian cricketer
• 1945 » Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » David Macaulay, English-American author and illustrator
• 1946 » Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace († 1997)
• 1946 » John Banks, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Mayor of Auckland City
• 1946 » Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player († 2012)
• 1947 » Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter
• 1947 » Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author
• 1947 » Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager

• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)

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. John
16. Gerardus

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 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• 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.
• April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
• July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on December 2, 1946 was between 4.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.