About the day » Friday May 10, 1946Calender converter

• Bertolino Schmitz, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1946)
• Gerald Kloppenburg, Vlagtwedde, provincie Groningen († 1946)
• George Lauren Spinelli Dr, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Klaas Lips, Den Burg († 2009)
• Nn Van Der Weide, Emmen († 1946)
• Colette CHARLES, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2021)
• Adrianus Marinus(Ed) Uytewaal, Haarlem
• Corba, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1946)
• Elfriede Sheila Woerdings, Paramaribo († 1989)
• Adrianus Maria Zoet, Lisse († 2002)

• Adriana Koppe (80)
• Abraham Herman van de Velde (60), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne-Marie comtesse d'Ursel (30), Villard-de-Lans, 38250, Isère
• Adriana Groen (48), Busch en Dam
• Atze Halbes de Vrieze (82), Joure, Skarsterl-N, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Bouwman (55), Noordwijk
• Albert Pieters Houtsma (75), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Hovenier (72), Schagen
• Anna Maria (II) Bouwman (55), Noordwijk
• Anne-Marie d'Ursel (30), Villard-de-Lans, 38548, France

• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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.
• February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
• February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

The temperature on May 10, 1946 was between 3.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.