About the day » Wednesday September 4, 1946Calender converter

• Elizabeth de Kwaasteniet, Lisse († 1966)
• Leunis Francois Goedhart, Middelburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Gerarda Francina Disse, Nijmegen († 1985)
• Franciscus van Kruining, rotterdam († 2010)
• Richard Allen Keating Buckley, San Francisco, California († 2011)
• Gerarda Francine Disse († 1985)
• Nellie Maria KAPPETEIN, Den Haag († 1946)
• Adrianus Louis Antonius Lambrechts, Roosendaal († 2010)
• Gerardus Andreas Antonius Seelen, Maasbree († 2017)
• Ester Galvão Lopes, Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 2008)

• Abraham de Jonge (69), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Hubertina Hoen (59), Roermond
• Albert Altena (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia Kuijpers (82), Nijmegen
• Bertha Anthonia Maria van Opzeeland (0), Delft
• Albert Altena (63), Groningen
• Arend Verkroost (21), Bandung, Julianaziekenhuis
• Antonius Gerardus Reinirus Neijenhuis (3), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• annigje GUIS (72), rotterdam
• Adrianus Lambertus Sprangers (66)

• 1944 » Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
• 1944 » Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
• 1944 » Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic († 2017)
• 1945 » Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer
• 1945 » Danny Gatton, American guitarist († 1994)
• 1946 » Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
• 1946 » Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
• 1946 » Gary Duncan, American guitarist († 2019)
• 1947 » Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster
• 1947 » Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player

• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1977 » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

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.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
• August 7 » The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
• December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

The temperature on September 4, 1946 was between 12.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.