1st » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II e.g collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
4th » An 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake e.g earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
16th » Direct Action Day named Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
16th » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
23rd » Ordinance No. 46 of the Control Commission for Germany: British Element British Military Government constitutes the Germany German 'states of Germany Länder' (states) of State of Hanover Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
3rd » Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
3rd » Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
3rd » John York (musician) e.g John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Byrds and Sir Douglas Quintet)
4th » Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (d. 1994)
4th » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
5th » Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
5th » Ron Silliman, American poet and blogger
5th » Erika Slezak, American actress
5th » Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
5th » Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace (band) e.g Trace) (d. 2006)
6th » Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (UK (band) e.g UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest (UK band) e.g Tempest)
6th » Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor and singer (The Spiders (Japanese band) or The Spiders)
14th » Larry Graham, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
14th » Susan Saint James, American actress
14th » Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
15th » Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
15th » William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
15th » Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
16th » Masoud Barzani, Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
16th » Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (d. 1996)
16th » Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
17th » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
17th » Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago named Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
19th » Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
19th » Bill Clinton, American politician, 42nd President of the United States
19th » Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 2014)
19th » Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
19th » Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
20th » Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
20th » Connie Chung, American journalist
20th » Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
20th » Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player (Kraftwerk and Organisation (band) or Organisation)
20th » N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
23rd » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 1978)