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| 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 | ཤིང་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Bird) 2072 or 1691 or 919 — to — མེ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dog) 2073 or 1692 or 920 |
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1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.
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
- June 14 - Donald Trump, American politician and businessman, forty-fifth and forty-seventh President of the United States
- July 6 – George W. Bush, American politician, forty-third President of the United States
- July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer
- August 19 – Bill Clinton, American politician, forty-second 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, American 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
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