About the day » Monday February 18, 1946Calender converter

• Bertha Adriana de Keijzer, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Schwarz, Echteld († 1946)
• Gerardus Anthonius Spanenburg, Papekop, Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Johannes van Ginkel († 2019)
• Dinardus Botter, Ambt Hardenberg († 2018)
• John Marvin Tolsma, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2012)
• Carla Maria Petronella. (Carla) Polfliet, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Gerrit Mouw, Uddel (Apeldoorn) († 2011)
• Garret LANING, Illinois U.S.A († 1993)
• Aloijsius Wonnink († 2013)

• Anton Hendrik Pieter Karel Jonkheer van Suchtelen van De Haare (76), Heusden, N.B
• Anthoon Hendrik Pieter Karel Van Suchtelen Van De Haere (76), Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aalbert Laurentius Hoppenbrouwer (51), Leerdam
• Albert Dekker (61), Dedemsvaart
• Albert van der Meer (1)
• Amanda LeBar (83), North Branch, Lapeer, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Hendrik Peter Karel van Suchtelen van de Haare (76), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alvina Kuehn (82), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Holierhoek (82), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Doornenbal (83), Linschoten

• 1943 » Graeme Garden, Scottish comedian, actor, and author
• 1944 » Pat Bowlen, American businessman († 2019)
• 1945 » Judy Rankin, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1946 » Michael Buerk, English journalist
• 1947 » Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1947 » Eliot Engel, American educator and politician
• 1948 » Bruce Francis, Australian cricketer
• 1948 » Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer († 2005)
• 1948 » Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
• 1949 » Gary Ridgway, American criminal, Green River Killer

• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)

• 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.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• 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.

The temperature on February 18, 1946 was between 5.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.