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30 December 1946 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 December 1946 was a Monday.
- Top Film of 1946
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1946 was Song of the South.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 December 1946 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 December 1946 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 30 December
- 1936 The Flint sit-down strike hits General Motors.
- 1943 Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
- 1944 King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
- 1947 Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1954 The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
Famous people born on 30 December
- LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman (born 1984)
- Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress (born 1982)
- Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1959)
- Tiger Woods, American golfer (born 1975)
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Events of 1946 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1946 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 7 January – the Minister for Education, Thomas Derrig, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate.
- 4 February – it is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin.
- 17 June – Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin-Paris air service.
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Famous Faces Born in the 1940s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Michael Gambon19 October 1940ActorView their day →Brenda Fricker17 February 1945ActressView their day →Gerry Adams6 October 1948Republican politicianView their day →Phil Lynott20 August 1949Rock musicianView their day →Sinéad Cusack18 February 1948ActressView their day →Rory Gallagher2 March 1948GuitaristView their day →Fionnula Flanagan10 December 1941ActressView their day →Gilbert O'Sullivan1 December 1946Singer-songwriterView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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