Discover what happened on 17 December 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
- Grigory Neujmin (Russian astronomer (1885–1946))
- Franz Cižek (Austrian painter, designer and art teacher (1865-1946))
- Max Hodann (physician, eugenicist, sex educator, socialist. Wrote controversial sex education which saw him leave Germany (1894-1946))
- Rafael J. Tello Rojas (Mexican composer and music educator (1872–1946))
- Elvira Notari (Italian film director (1875–1946))
- Constance Garnett (translator (1861–1946))
- Charles Brunsdon Fletcher (Australian newspaper editor (1859-1946))
- Erich Urbach (Austrian dermatologist)
- Ruben Lundqvist
- Lorenzo Houston King (American bishop (1878-1946))
- Яничие Димитриевич
- Emile Chaudron (Belgian politician (1885-1946))
- David Karlsson (wrestler)
- Q16080899
- Q16219785
- Helene Ranna (Estonian writer)
- Greta Welamson (Swedish architect and painter)
- Ferdinand Moeller
- William H. Hay (United States Army general)
- Andrija Kovačević (author of Bijeg s vješala)
- Giuseppe Guindani
- Otto Tarnogrocki (German painter and iIllustrator)
- Sakio Tsurumi (Japanese bureaucrat)
- Marie de Vries
- A Jøker (entomologist)
- Thomas Temple Hoyne (US author (1875-1946), popularizer of Economics)
- Josef Weisbart
- Oscar Weber (Guyanese cricketer (1871-1946))
- Pierre Lavallée (born 1872; died 1946)
- Ethel Marguerite Requa (Peerage person ID=679511)
- Karl Ferdinand Lederer-Weida
- Bernhard Dieckmann (German politician (DDP))
- Kidispey Choodu (First Tuvan pilot)
- Louis Hubert Charles Schuhler (french general)
- Louis Hubert Charles Schuhler (french general)
- Grigory Neujmin (Russian astronomer (1885–1946))
- Franz Cižek (Austrian painter, designer and art teacher (1865-1946))
- Max Hodann (physician, eugenicist, sex educator, socialist. Wrote controversial sex education which saw him leave Germany (1894-1946))
- Rafael J. Tello Rojas (Mexican composer and music educator (1872–1946))
- Elvira Notari (Italian film director (1875–1946))
- Constance Garnett (translator (1861–1946))
- Charles Brunsdon Fletcher (Australian newspaper editor (1859-1946))
- Louis Hubert Charles Schuhler (french general)