About the day » Sunday December 29, 1946Calender converter

• Maria Johanna Berkhout, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Virginia Marie Wingard, Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Antonia Anna Adriana Maria Verbunt, Tilburg, Nederland († 1995)
• Jan Bazuin, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Roswinkel) († 1946)
• Anna Catharina van de Laar, Den Helder († 2012)
• Herman Beek, 's Gravenhage
• Foppe Hendrik Offeringa († 2010)
• Maria Henrica Cecilia Roijen, Nuth († 2009)
• Anthonius Gerrits, Overloon († 2013)
• Johanna Margaretha van Loen, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)

• Anna Sint Nicolaas (73), `s-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Anthonie de Ridder (59), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Akkerveken (82), Eindhoven
• Albertina Wesselina Hennij (80), Joppe
• Adriaan Gloudemans (93), Nuland
• Anna Batenburg (62), Bergschenhoek
• Anna Sint Nicolaas (73), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Akkerveken (82), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Josephina Nelo (59), Merksplas, België
• Berend Klein Wassink (71), Oegstgeest

• 1944 » Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
• 1945 » Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 († 2001)
• 1946 » Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
• 1946 » Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1947 » Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1998)
• 1947 » David Tanner, English rower and coach
• 1947 » Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
• 1947 » Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist († 2012)
• 1947 » Ted Danson, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager († 1998)

• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)

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.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
• December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

The temperature on December 29, 1946 was between -0.2 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.