1946

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1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May-June 1.6 July-September 1.7 October-November 1.8 December 1.9 unknown dates 2 Year in topic 3 Births 3.10 January 3.11 February-April 3.12 May-August 3.13 September-December 4 Deaths 5 Nobel Prizes

Events

• January 4 - In Britain, Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940
• January 10 - First meeting of the United Nations
• January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the people's republic of Albania with himself as dictator.
• January 17 - The UN Security Council holds its first session
• January 20 - Charles De Gaulle resigns from the post of French president
• January 25 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor
• January 28 - Bluenose founders on a Haitian reef
• January 31 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

• February 1 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
• February 2 - Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic.
• February 14 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
• February 14 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania
• February 15 - Canada indicts 22 communist agents.
• February 24 - Juan Peron is elected a president of Argentina

• March 2 - British troops retreat from Iran – Soviet troops do not.
• March 2 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• March 5 - In his speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about Iron Curtain.
• March 6 - Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
• March 15 - Clement Attlee promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on constitution
• March 19 - Soviet Union and Switzerland reform diplomatic relations.
• March 19 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France

• April 1 - 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo, Hawaii - 173 dead, thousands injured.
• April 1 - Singapore becomes a Crown colony
• April 3 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
• April 10 - In Japan, women vote for the first time in parliamentarian elections
• April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government
• April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations – its transfers its mission to United Nations.
• April 29 - War crimes trial begins in Tokyo – accused include Hideki Tojo, Shegenori Togo and Hiroshi Oshima.

• May 7 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with about 20 employees.
• May 9 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
• May 10 - Nehru elected to lead Indian Congress Party
• May 20 - In Britain, the House of Commons decides to nationalize mines.
• May 22 - Kingdom of Transjordan founded.
• May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.
• May 28 - K. Satchidanandan Malayalam poet
• May 29 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
• May 31 - Monarchism wins in Greek elections.
• June 2 - In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia was exiled. Women vote for the first time.
• June 6 - The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
• June 9 - In Thailand, king Rama IX accedes the throne.
• June 13 - Humbert II of Italy leaves the country – Alcide de Gasperi becomes head of state.

• July 4 - After over 400 years, the Philippines achieves full independence.
• July 5 - The bikini is introduced.
• July 7 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.
• July 21 - Bomb of Irgun Zvai Leumi explodes in Jerusalem.
• July 22 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration killing 90.
• July 25 - Nuclear testing: In the first underwater test of the atomic bomb, the surplus USS Saratoga is sunk near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean when the United States detonates the "Baker Day" device.
• July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
• August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta – 3000 dead.
• September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
• September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum – King Simeon II leaves.

• October 13 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• October 15 - Nuremberg Trials: Founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazi war criminal, Hermann Göring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution.
• October 23 - United Nations' first meeting in Long Island.
• November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. French cruiser Suffren opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.
• November 12 - Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia.
• November 12 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.
• November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia.
• November 19 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden joins the United Nations
• November 27 - Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."

• December 11 - UNICEF founded.
• December 24 - France's Fourth Republic founded
• December 26 - Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas.
• December 31 - President Harry Truman officially proclaims an end of hostilities in World War II.

• Phantom rockets over Sweden
• The 20mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun is invented
• Devil's Island penal colony closes permanently
• Female suffrage in Belgium, Romania, Yugoslavia, Argentina and Canadian province of Quebec. First female police officers in Korea and Japan.
• Chinese Civil War intensifies between Kuomintang and Communist Party of China.
• First Tupperware sold in department and hardware stores

• 1946 in film
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart
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