About the day » Tuesday August 13, 1946Calender converter

• Liliane Maria Louisa Weeghmans, Wellen, België († 1946)
• Harman Volkerink († 2021)
• Klaas Vermeulen († 1997)
• Maria Wilhelmina Durkje Beuseker, Kerkrade († 2004)
• Adriaan Storm, Monster († 2002)
• Cor Wuurman, Alkmaar († 2015)
• Cees de Kort, Vught († 1991)
• Harold Veldwachter († 2003)
• Bertus Kelder († 2000)
• Marcus Durell Reeves [||] († 1965)

• Antonius Theodorus Cornelis Nooijen (0), Uden
• Albertje Prins (80), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Clara E. Afton (77)
• Baukje Minnes Cuperus (76), Akkrum
• Anna Catharina Aletta de Vries (56), Weesp, Nederland
• Chester McConville (62), Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Jansen (60), Oosterhout
• Christina Klein (72), Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States
• adriana Konings (48), nispen
• Albert van der Meer (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1943 » Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
• 1943 » Fred Hill, American football player
• 1945 » Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 » Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner († 2016)
• 1945 » Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1945 » Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1947 » Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
• 1947 » Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1948 » Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano

• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)

• 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 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

The temperature on August 13, 1946 was between 11.2 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.