1946

1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1910s  1920s  1930s  – 1940s –  1950s  1960s  1970s
Years:	1943 1944 1945 – 1946 – 1947 1948 1949

1946 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1946 MCMXLVI
Ab urbe condita	2699
Armenian calendar	1395 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԵ
Assyrian calendar	6696
Bahá'í calendar	102–103
Balinese saka calendar	1867–1868
Bengali calendar	1353
Berber calendar	2896
British Regnal year	10 Geo. 6 – 11 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar	2490
Burmese calendar	1308
Byzantine calendar	7454–7455
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4642 or 4582     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4643 or 4583
Coptic calendar	1662–1663
Discordian calendar	3112
Ethiopian calendar	1938–1939
Hebrew calendar	5706–5707
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2002–2003
- Shaka Samvat	1867–1868
- Kali Yuga	5046–5047
Holocene calendar	11946
Igbo calendar	946–947
Iranian calendar	1324–1325
Islamic calendar	1365–1366
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 21 (昭和２１年)
Javanese calendar	1876–1878
Juche calendar	35
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4279
Minguo calendar	ROC 35 民國35年
Nanakshahi calendar	478
Thai solar calendar	2489
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 2072 or 1691 or 919     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 2073 or 1692 or 920

Events

• January 10 – First meeting of the United Nations.
• August 16 - Muslim League began "Direct Action Day" Riot That killed 10,000 people from Kolkata.
• December 19 - The First Indochina War begins.

Date unknown

• AIESEC starts.

Births

• January 3 - John Paul Jones, English bass guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
• January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer
• January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, music manager (d. 2010)
• March 8 - Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles) (d. 2023)
• March 12 – Frank Welker, American actor
• May 10- Donovan, Scottish musician
• July 6 – George W. Bush, American politician, 43rd President of the United States
• July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer
• August 19 – Bill Clinton, American politician 42nd President of the United States
• August 23 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
• September 1 – Barry Gibb, Singer/Songwriter (Bee Gees)
• September 5 — Freddie Mercury, British Singer/Songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991; AIDS)
• October 29 - Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) (d. 2020)
• November 4 – Laura Bush, 45th First Lady of the United States
• November 24 - Ted Bundy, English serial killer (d. 1989; executed)
• December 16 - Benny Andersson, Swedish pianist (ABBA)
• December 28 – Edgar Winter, Albino pop musician (The Edgar Winter Group)
• December 30 – Patti Smith, American singer and poet

Deaths

• August 13 – H.G. Wells
• December 25 – WC Fields