About the day » Friday April 26, 1946Calender converter

• Hendrik Jan Reefhuis († 2023)
• Aalbert Jan Doppenberg, Putten-Huinen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Arlene Boone († 1967)
• Albert Peters Hoogstede († 2020)
• Liza Michielse, Diessen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnes Maria Gerarda Hubertina (Aggie) Houben
• Elisabeth Weening, 's-Gravenhage
• Jan Hendrik Visscher († 2008)
• Hendrik Johan van Griethuijsen, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• David Joe Post, Contra Costa County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1963)

• Adolphus Judocus Geeroms (83), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Harkema (0), Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie Hazenboom (57), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Rebecca Kerr (74), Queensland, Australia
• Aaltje Wilpshaar (74), Hardenberg
• Andries Johan Kruijt (83), Haaften
• Aaltje Bijsterbosch (59), Epe
• Abe Ulbes Ozinga (80), Schettens, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Philipsen (78), Venlo, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth Thelen (67), La Calamine (B)

• 1943 » Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1943 » Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
• 1944 » Richard Bradshaw, English conductor († 2007)
• 1945 » Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1945 » Howard Davies, English director and producer († 2016)
• 1945 » Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
• 1946 » Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1946 » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 » Ralph Coates, English international footballer († 2010)
• 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager

• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)

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. Gerardus
16. John

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 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
• 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.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on April 26, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.