About the day » Tuesday December 24, 1946Calender converter

• James Edward Krall, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United State, California, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Herman Willem Albert Schalen († 2022)
• Brunhilde van de Wouw, Kevelaer (D) († 1995)
• Edith Louise Lapré, Batavia / Jakarta, West-Java (Nederlands Indië / Indonesië) († 2003)
• Antonius Petrus Scheepers, Helmond († 1946)
• Adriana Margaretha Klaassen, Rijswijk († 1947)
• Maria de Bie, Waalre († 1947)
• Cornelia Tromp, Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kind Kas, Ede († 1946)
• Geertruida Diepstra, Den Horn,, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)

• Albert Harrison CANTER (57)
• Abraham Johannes van der Linden (77), Mijdrecht (UT, NLD)
• Arendje Hoogwerf (80), Oud-Beijerland
• Agada van der Plas (86), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Wesenbeek (68), Mortsel (B)
• Adriana Catharina Anna Maria Niedfeld (66), Rotterdam
• Alida Kimman (71)
• Adrianus Petrus de JONG (91), Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Davids (72), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Pietersz Warmerdam (70), Noordwijk

• 1944 » Barry Elliott, English actor and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1944 » Daniel Johnson, Jr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
• 1944 » Erhard Keller, German speed skater
• 1944 » Mike Curb, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
• 1944 » Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal
• 1945 » Lemmy, English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player († 2015)
• 1945 » Steve Smith, Canadian-American actor and comedian
• 1946 » Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1946 » Jeff Sessions, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Alabama and 84th Attorney General of the United States
• 1947 » Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach

• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)

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 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.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on December 24, 1946 was between -10.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.