The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in Snag, in the Yukon Territory.

January 31 – The Communists take power in the Polish People's Republic.

January 30– February 8 – A heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns, from Winnipeg to Calgary.

January 26 – A KLM Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, killing all on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf, second in line to the Swedish throne, and American singer Grace Moore.

January 25 – A Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong, with $5 million worth of gold and money.

January 24 – Dimitrios Maximos founds a monarchist government in Athens.

January 19 – Ferry SS Heimara sinks in the South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392.

January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.

January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the ' Black Dahlia', is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles the case is never solved.

January 10 – The United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste.

January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein.

January 3 – Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time.The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect.Nigeria gains limited autonomy, before gaining independence from Britain in 1960.

Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, this is mainly remembered in terms of the effects on the railway networks. January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel.

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