1946

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 13th August - H. G. Wells died.


 * 15th October - Hermann Goering committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial for war crimes at Nuremberg.


 * 16th October - Joachim von Ribbentrop was executed for war crimes at Nuremberg.

January

 * 18 - Andrew Tourell is born.

February

 * 27 - Tom Chadbon is born.

March

 * 21 - Timothy Dalton is born.

April

 * 5 - Jane Asher is born.

May

 * 1 - Joanna Lumley is born.
 * 10 - Maureen Lipman is born.
 * 13 - Tim Pigott-Smith is born.

June

 * 3 - Penelope Wilton is born.
 * 15 - Roy Holder is born.
 * 16 - Simon Williams is born.
 * 18 - Luan Peters is born.

July

 * 18 - Dicken Ashworth is born.
 * 28 - Kenny McBain is born.

August

 * 13 - H. G. Wells dies.
 * 27 - Peter Craze, who appeared numerous times on the original Doctor Who television series, and is also the brother of Michael Craze, is born.

September

 * 25 - Felicity Kendal is born.
 * 26 - Togo Igawa is born.

October

 * 4 - Roger Davenport is born.
 * 16 - Tariq Yunus is born.

November

 * 23 - Diana Quick is born.
 * 25 - Brian Hibbard is born.

December

 * 29 - Jon Pertwee makes his TV acting debut in an early British TV production, Toad of Toad Hall.

Unknown date

 * Martin Cochrane is born.