About the day » Sunday July 21, 1946Calender converter

• Jochem Nieuwenhout, Pretoria (Zuid-Afrika) († 1974)
• George Lee Webster, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Jerold L. Crider († 1964)
• Cornelis Marinus Maria Paulus († 1953)
• Herman Johan Slot, Hardenberg († 1948)
• Margaretha Maria Anna de Graaf, (Texel), Nederland († 1948)
• André Alphonse Schouten, Oosterhout, Nederland († 2008)
• Jacob Warning, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Lena van Trigt, 's-Gravenzande († 2021)
• Gerry van Uden, Boekel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Anson E Rynard (64)
• Anna Schafer (Schaefer) (86), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholdus Cornelis Capel (77), Renkum Gld. NL
• Arie KAMP (69), Zeist
• Arnold Jacob Bergsma (65), Nijmegen
• Coleta DE VOS (67), Sinaai
• Aalt Koomen (54), Zaandam, Nederland
• Catharina Geziena Gerits (26), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Smidt (63), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Westenbroek * (67), Gelderingen

• 1944 » Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian author and academic († 2017)
• 1944 » John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana († 2012)
• 1944 » Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician († 2002)
• 1945 » Barry Richards, South African cricketer
• 1945 » Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer
• 1945 » Wendy Cope, English poet, critic, and educator
• 1946 » Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
• 1946 » Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1948 » Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

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. Dirk

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 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• 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 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
• July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
• August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

The temperature on July 21, 1946 was between 9.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.