April 5, 1946

1946Jane Asher, English actress^[†]

Jane Asher is an English actress and author. She achieved early fame as a child actress. She has worked extensively in film and television.

1946Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer^[†]

Julio Ángel Fernández Alves is a Uruguayan astronomer and teacher, member of the department of astronomy at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo. He is also a member of PEDECIBA,, and the Uruguayan Society of Astronomy. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Dean of the Universidad de la Republica's Faculty of Sciences. The asteroid 5996 Julioangel, discovered in 1983, was named after him.

1946Björn Granath, Swedish actor (died 2017)^[†]

Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath was a Swedish actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows.

1946Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler^[†]

Georgi Markov is a retired Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He was born in 1946, in Gorno Vyrshilo, Pazardzhik province.

1946Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.^[†]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly referred to as the Soviet Union or Russia, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was the flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

1946A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.^[†]

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five RN fighting arms. As of 2023 it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the F-35B Lightning II carrier-based stealth fighter jointly with the Royal Air Force.