* 1886 – Walter Edward Dandy, American neurosurgeon and scientist ( d. 1946 )

* 1946 – Ed O ' Neill, American actor

* 1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, English politician

* 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister ( d. 1946 )

* 1946 – Lee Bollinger, American lawyer and educator

* 1946 – Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

* 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer

* 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator

* 1946 – Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer

* 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist and composer ( UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest )

* 1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian, actor, and musician ( The Spiders )

* 1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player

* 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor ( d. 1946 )

The Ashes resumed after the war when England toured in 1946 – 47, and as in 1920 – 21, found that Australia had made the best post-war recovery.

* 1872 – George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1946 )

* Party of Labour of Albania, the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule ( 1946 – 1991 )

* 1946 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor ( b. 1882 )

* 1991 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician ( b. 1946 )

* 2004 – Paul Atkinson, British guitarist ( The Zombies ) ( b. 1946 )

* 2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress ( b. 1946 )

* 1946 – Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( King Crimson and Bad Company ) ( d. 2006 )

* 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer ( The Grass Roots ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1946 – Richard O.

* 1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist

In 1946 the government set up a Royal Commission on the press which eventually led to the Press Council in 1953.

1946 — Legislative Council is established.

In 1945 or early 1946, while still living at Canonbury Square, Orwell wrote an article on " British Cookery ", complete with recipes, commissioned by the British Council.

In 1946, the States of Jersey drew up plans for change following the German Occupation, which were examined by a Committee of the Privy Council.

* 1946 – The UN Security Council holds its first session.

The principal Allies in the Second World War ( the UK, the USSR, France, the US, and the Republic of China ) became permanent members of the UN Security Council in 1946.

In January 1946 the Allied Control Council set the foundation of the future German economy by putting a cap on German steel production — the maximum allowed was set at about 5, 800, 000 tons of steel a year, equivalent to 25 % of the pre-war production level.

Sweden has been a member of the United Nations since 19 November 1946, and participates actively in the activities of the organisation, including as an elected member of the Security Council ( 1957 – 1958, 1975 – 1976 and 1997 – 1998 ), providing Dag Hammarskjöld as the second elected Secretary-General of the UN, etc.

Rechristened the St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union in 1940 and under the new leadership of Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the union established a political arm, the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, which put Bradshaw in the Legislative Council in 1946.

The Security Council held its first session on 17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster, London.

In February 1946, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations helped draft the constitution of the new body.

Following the War Keynes was instrumental in establishing the Arts Council of Great Britain and was the founding Chairman in 1946.

With statements such as Winston Churchill's 1946 call for a " United States of Europe " becoming louder, in 1949 the Council of Europe was established as the first pan-European organisation.

Among the most important are the Council of Economic Advisers ( 1946 ), the National Security Council and its staff ( 1947 ), the Office of the U. S. Trade Representative ( 1963 ), the Council on Environmental Quality ( 1970 ), the Office of Science and Technology Policy ( 1976 ), the Office of Administration ( 1977 ), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy ( 1989 ).

Denazification in Germany was attempted through a series of directives issued by the Allied Control Council, seated in Berlin, beginning in January 1946.

In addition, on May 13, 1946 the Allied Control Council issued a directive for the confiscation of all media that could contribute to Nazism or militarism.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ( UNCHR ) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006.

In the Soviet Union, the title of premier was applied to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars ( Renamed Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1946 ), who acted as the Soviet Union's Premier.

The Bridgwater Arts Centre was opened on 10 October 1946, the first community arts centre opened in the UK with financial assistance from the newly established Arts Council of England.

" On 30 January 1946 the UN Security Council approved Resolution 2 concerning the Soviet withdrawal from Iran ; Resolutions 3 and 5 were also approved in April and May.

In the United Kingdom, the Common Cold Unit was set up by the Medical Research Council in 1946 and it was here that the rhinovirus was discovered in 1956.