1946
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1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.
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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.
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- 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
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Deaths
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