Month April 1946 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

• April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
  
  April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 1946

• Day of Week 1st » Aleutian Island earthquake: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii or Hilo.
• 1st » Formation of the Malayan Union.
• Day of Week 3rd » Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• Day of Week 5th » Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11-month occupation.
• Day of Week 17th » Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.
• Day of Week 18th » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
• Day of Week 20th » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
• Day of Week 23rd » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
• Day of Week 26th » Naperville train disaster kills 47.
• Day of Week 29th » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
• 29th » Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1946

• 1st » Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician, 77th Mayor of Athens
• 1st » Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Faces (band) or Faces and Small Faces) (d. 1997)
• 1st » Eva Polttila, Finnish journalist
• 1st » Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 2nd » David Heyes, English politician
• 2nd » Judith Ann Lanzinger, American jurist
• 2nd » Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 3rd » Dee Murray, English bass player (Procol Harum, The Mirage (band) called The Mirage, and Spencer Davis Group) (d. 1992)
• 3rd » Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
• 3rd » Hanna Suchocka, Polish politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland
• 3rd » John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 4th » Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
• 4th » Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
• 4th » Katsuaki Satō, Japanese martial artist
• 4th » György Spiró, Hungarian author and playwright
• 5th » Jane Asher, English actress
• 5th » Russell Davies, Welsh journalist and radio host
• 5th » Björn Granath, Swedish actor
• 6th » Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician
• 7th » Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
• 7th » Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
• 7th » Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• 7th » Stan Winston, American special effects artist and makeup artist (d. 2008)
• 7th » Danny Goldman, American actor and casting director
• 8th » Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 8th » Stuart Pankin, American actor
• 8th » Tim Thomerson, American actor
• 9th » Nate Colbert, American baseball player
• 9th » Mike Hancock (British politician) called Mike Hancock, English politician
• 9th » Alan Knott, English cricketer
• 9th » Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician
• 9th » David Webb (footballer) named David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 10th » David Angell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)
• 10th » Bob Watson, American baseball player and manager
• 10th » Adolf Winkelmann (film director) e.g Adolf Winkelmann, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » Laurie Faso, American actor and game show host
• 11th » Bob Harris (radio) called Bob Harris, English radio host
• 12th » George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
• 13th » Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
• 13th » Christopher Strauli, English actor
• 14th » Mireille Guiliano, French-American author
• 14th » Michael Sarris, Cypriot economist and politician
• 15th » John Lloyd (journalist) known as John Lloyd, Scottish journalist
• 15th » Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
• 15th » Michael Tucci, American actor
• 16th » Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 16th » Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (d. 2014)
• 16th » R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player
• 17th » Clare Francis, English sailor and author
• 17th » Henry Kelly, Irish radio and television host
• 18th » Jean-François Balmer, Swiss actor
• 18th » Irene Fernandez, Malaysian activist (d. 2014)
• 18th » Hayley Mills, English actress and singer
• 18th » Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) (d. 1999)
• 19th » Tim Curry, English actor and singer
• 19th » Euphrosyne Doxiadis, Greek artist and writer
• 19th » Mary Jo Slater, American casting director and producer
• 20th » Diane Elson, English sociologist and academic
• 20th » Tommy Hutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 20th » Julien Poulin, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (d. 1982)
• 22nd » Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)
• 22nd » Paul Davies, English physicist and author
• 22nd » Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
• 22nd » Louise Harel, Canadian politician
• 22nd » Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish politician
• 22nd » Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic
• 22nd » John Waters (director born 1946) or John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Richard Mottram, ENglish civil servant
• 24th » Doug Christie (lawyer) known as Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013)
• 24th » Piers Gough, English architect
• 24th » Phil Robertson, American businessman, founded Duck Commander
• 25th » Talia Shire, American actress
• 25th » Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland
• 25th » Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician
• 26th » Ralph Coates, English footballer (d. 2010)
• 26th » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 27th » Franz Roth, German footballer
• 27th » Nicholas Serota, English curator
• 28th » Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 28th » Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist
• 30th » Lee Bollinger, American lawyer and academic
• 30th » Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• 30th » Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Don Schollander, American swimmer

Famous Deaths for April 1946

• 1st » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 5th » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
• 16th » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver (b. 1884)
• 21st » John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
• 22nd » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 22nd » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 26th » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 28th » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)

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