1946
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
March 8 - Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
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 1 - Chris Tulloch, English filmmaker
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 6 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's musician
November 24 - Ted Bundy, English serial killer (d. 1989; executed)
November 26 - Mark L. Lester, American film director
November 28 - Joe Dante, American film director
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