About the day » Wednesday February 27, 1946Calender converter

• Bastiaan den Hartigh, Heerhugowaard († 1960)
• Adelheitha Catharina Maria, Lidy Gröniger, Enschede († 1980)
• Alijda Anna Buisman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1999)
• Jack (jacobus) Verburgt, Bergen op Zoom, NBr NL († 2015)
• Doodgeboren kind Rolloos, Apeldoorn († 1946)
• Gijsbertus Hendrikus Franciscus du Pont, amsterdam, Nederland († 1948)
• Cornelis Gerardus de Leeuw, Hellevoetsluis († 1978)
• Annie Goethals, Zomergem († 1968)
• Jans Olthof, Bergentheim († 2020)
• Johannes Durivou, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)

• Alida Johanna Aalders (84), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Annette Joanna MAURISSEN (79), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Alida Huibertha Petronella MEIJER (58), Oegstgeest
• Aloisius Julianus DEPUYDT (79), Ieper,8900,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
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• Annigje Kragt (41), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Antonie Johannes Vugts (77), Schijndel
• Antonius Paulus Maria van Gerven (0), Tilburg
• Allen S. Reese (80), Ridgewood Heights, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
• Albert SCHOLTENS (72), Houwerzijl Groningen Netherlands

• 1942 » Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1943 » Mary Frann, American actress († 1998)
• 1943 » Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
• 1944 » Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
• 1944 » Ken Grimwood, American author († 2003)
• 1944 » Sir Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer († 2020)
• 1947 » Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 1947 » Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor

• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)

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 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.

The temperature on February 27, 1946 was between -4.9 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.