About the day » Friday September 6, 1946Calender converter

• NN Hiemstra, 's-Gravenhage
• Allen J. Schmidt, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 1999)
• Johan Klaas Brouwer, Bellingwolde
• Geertruij Johanna van Steenis, Wadenoijen (NL) († 2021)
• Hinderikus (Rikus) Bakker, Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Kindje Leeuwis, Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
• N.N. Schell, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Helena Maria Dercksen († 1995)
• Nelly Geerts († 1946)
• Elly Zonneveld, Castricum († 2003)

• Anna Wilhelmina Willemse (72), Maastricht
• Cornelis Johannes Maria van ELSWIJK (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Adrianus van Spaandonk (50), Tilburg
• Aalbert Jan Laros (82), Rhenen
• Catharina Eijgenraam (76), Delft
• Barendina Mijnders (66), Dirksland
• Catharina Louise Hentzen (56), Zelhem
• Aalbert Jan Laros (82), Rhenen Utrecht, Nederland
• Edwin Elias Woolery (68), Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States of America
• Agatha van Opzeeland (67), Haarlem, NH, Nederland

• 1943 » Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician
• 1944 » Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
• 1944 » Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
• 1946 » Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
• 1946 » Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator
• 1947 » Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
• 1947 » Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
• 1947 » Sylvester, American singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1948 » Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist († 2006)

• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1945 » John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
• 1949 » Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
• 1950 » Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1951 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)

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.
• February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• April 3 » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• 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.
• August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on September 6, 1946 was between 9.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.