Discover what happened on 3 November 1946 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Boris Lisunov (Soviet aeronautical engineer, aeroplane designer (1898-1946))
- Karl Heinrich Gyr (Swiss entrepreneur (1879-1946))
- Hermann Ploetz (German author (1870–1946))
- Federico Amodeo (Italian mathematician (1859-1946))
- Jan Veldkamp (Dutch teacher)
- Samuel Russell Feaver (New Zealand farmer, pharmacist, veterinary surgeon and photographer (1878-1946))
- Johan Fredrik Aalto (Finnish politician)
- Arthur B. Woodford (American economist, university professor, and grammar school rector)
- Ben Taylor (American baseball player (1889-1946))
- Laurentius Gustaf Abrahamson (Swedish writer (1856-1946))
- Johan Nilson (politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden)
- Uno Wallmo
- Björn Friðriksson
- Filipp Ageyenkov (Russian Soviet military)
- Antonio Pintor Ocete (Spanish architect)
- Marjorie Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey (British writer on art and illustrator; (1883-1946))
- Sally Bush (American photographer (1860–1946))
- Martin Enger (Norwegian architect)
- August Nachmanson
- Galeazzo Guidi di Bagno (Italian politician, born 1902)
- Gertrud Baronin von Luninck ((1940-1946))
- Edith Caroline Payne-Gallwey ((died 1946))
- Eleanor Bayntun Starky ((died 1946))
- Thomas Henry Haden (American missionary to Japan (1863-1946))
- Hans Theodor Reuling
- Josef Sýkora
- Haim Mordechai Roller (Romanian rabbi, Holocaust survivor)
- Johannes Hedström
- Valerie May-Hülsmann (German painter)
- Sigrid Lindström (Titanic survivor)
- Luka Oslekov