About the day » Tuesday April 30, 1946Calender converter

• Trommel, den bommel (goeree overflakkee)
• Lily Stork, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• David Grant Elder, Arkansas City, Kansas († 2013)
• Egbert Kuipers, Den-Hool, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Mia (Maria Johanna Theodora Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Isabella Johanna Maria van der Burgt, Bergen op Zoom († 2003)
• Arnolda Maria Coopman, Hengelo († 2024)
• Albert Johan Fennema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Gerda Willemina Bijsterbosch, Welsum (Gem. Olst) († 2001)
• Maria Catharina Helmons, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1946)

• Carolus Ludovicus Verpeuten (66), Sint-Gertrudis-Pede
• Catharina Cristina Peters (94), Apeldoorn
• van der Kuil (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Carolina de Souza Queiroz (89)
• Clara Ellen Wells (83), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Cornelia de ZWART, Vlaardingen
• Arina Makkus, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Appolonia VAN DE(N) ENDEN (79), Oud-Beijerland
• Allegonda van Zandbeek (81), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Adriana Dagevos (71), Kattendijke

• 1945 » Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet
• 1945 » J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
• 1945 » Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1945 » Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist († 2001)
• 1946 » Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Don Schollander, American swimmer
• 1946 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• 1947 » Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
• 1947 » Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. Jacobus
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. Marianne

• 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.
• May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
• May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
• May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on April 30, 1946 was between 3.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.