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Everything about 1946 totally explainedYear 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1946
January
- January 7 - Allies recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation zones
January 10
- First meeting of the United Nations
- Project Diana bounces Radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the earth and the moon and proving that the communication was possible between the earth and outer space, effectively opening the space age.
January 11
January 16 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government
January 17
January 20 - Charles De Gaulle resigns as president of France
January 22 - Iran:Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president, Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
January 25 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
January 28 - Bluenose founders on a Haitian reef.
January 29 - Central Intelligence Group established, CIA established in 1947
January 31 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
February
February 1 - Trygve Lie of Norway is selected to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
February 2 - Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic.
February 14
February 15 - Canada indicts 22 communist agents.
February 20 - Explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in West Germany.
February 24 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
February 28 - In Philadelphia, strikers of General Electric and police clash
March
March 2
March 4 - C.G.E. Mannerheim resigns from the post of president of Finland
March 5 - In his speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about the Iron Curtain.
March 6
March 7 - 18th Academy Awards ceremony
March 9 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi becomes president of Finland
March 10 - British troops begin withdrawal from Lebanon
March 15 - Clement Attlee promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on constitution
March 19
March 22 – The United Kingdom grants Transjordan, as it was then known, its independence. Three years later the country changes its name to Jordan.
March 29 - Gold Coast has an African majority in the parliament
April
April 1
April 3 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
April 7 - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised
April 10 - In Japan, women vote for the first time in parliamentarian elections
April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia
April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations – it transfers its mission to United Nations and disbands itself.
April 23 - the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (Which is now the CBA) was founded
April 29 - Trial against war criminals begin in Tokyo – accused include Hideki Tojo, Shigenori Togo and Hiroshi Oshima.
May
May 1 - At least 800 Indigenous Australian pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia
May 2 - Six prisoners unsuccessfully try to escape from the Alcatraz prison island
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 his son Humbert II.
May 10 - Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party in India
May 20 - In Britain, the House of Commons decides to nationalize mines.
May 21 - Radiation accident in Los Alamos laboratory; Dr Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of radiation. Incident is initially classified
May 22 - Kingdom of Transjordan founded.
May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.
May 26 - Czechoslovak parliamentary election, with Communist victory (38%), last before communist take power
May 31 - Greece referendum supports return of monarchy
June
June 1 - Ion Antonescu, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of Romania during World War II is executed; he was found guilty of betraying Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by Bucharest People's Tribunal.
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 8 - In Indonesia, Sukarno incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation
June 9 - In Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) accedes the throne after the mysterious death of his brother, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII).
June 9 - Arthur John "Jack" Johnson, first African-American heavy-weight boxing champion, dies in a high speed car crash.
June 10 - Italy declared republic
June 13 - Humbert II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; Alcide de Gasperi becomes head of state.
June 17
July
July 4 - Ankara University is founded.
July 4 - After over 381 years of Western dominance, the Philippines achieves full independence.
July 5 - Bikinis go on sale in Paris
July 7 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.
July 21 - Irgun bomb 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
August 1 - The Hungarian Forint is introduced in Hungary by the local government this ends the world's biggest hyperinflation in the country
August 18 - Approximately 70 people die in the Vergarolla explosion.
August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta leaves 3000 dead.
August 25 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship
September
September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
September 5 - Freddie Mercury is born.
September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum – King Simeon II leaves.
September 24 - Cathay Pacific Airways was founded by Roy C Farrell and H de Kantzow.
September 28 - George II of Greece returns to Athens
October
October 1 - Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
October 2 - Communists take over in Bulgaria
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
November 1 - The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68-66.
November 6 - Senate and House elections in the United States both give majorities to the Republicans.
November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. French cruiser Suffren opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.
November 10 - Opening of the Slimbridge wetland reserve in England.
November 12
November 17 - Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists.
November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia.
November 19
November 22 - Tony Benn is elected as Treasurer of the Oxford Union.
November 23 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.
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
December 7 - Fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, United States kills 119.
December 11 - UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) founded.
December 12
December 19 - Martial law in Vietnam
December 22 - Havana Conference begins between US organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba
December 24 - France's Fourth Republic founded
December 26
December 31 - President Harry Truman delivers Proclamation 2714, which officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
Undated
The 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun contract is released.
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.
Grantley Adams becomes the premier of Barbados.
The Alcatraz Island prison riot occurs.
The British government takes emergency powers to deal with the balance-of-payments crisis.
Eva Perón tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of Argentina, a circuit called the Rainbow Tour.
Breathalyzer machine for estimating blood alcohol concentration was invented.
Howard Hyde Russell established the Anti-Saloon League.
George Orwell writes Politics and the English Language
The NFL team San Francisco 49ers is formed.
'Deaths and Entrances' by Dylan Thomas is published. It includes one of Thomas' most famous poems, Fern Hill.
Ongoing
Marshall Plan
Fictional
5 November - In Bioshock, the underwater Objectivist gulch city of Rapture is officially opened.
Undated - In The X-Files, the first X-file is opened by J. Edgar Hoover
Births
January-February
January 3
January 5 - Diane Keaton, American actress
January 6 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006)
January 8
January 11
January 12 - George Duke, American musician
January 14 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer
January 16
January 18 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councillor
January 19
Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
January 20 - David Lynch, American film director
January 21 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
January 22 - Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player and executive
January 24 - Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
January 26 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
January 27 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
January 31 - Terry Kath, American musician (d. 1978)
February 2 - Blake Clark, American actor and comedian
February 6 - Jim Turner, American politician
February 9 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
February 13 - Colin Matthews, British composer
February 14
February 19 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
February 20 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress
February 21
February 25 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
February 26 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
February 28 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
March-April
March 4
March 6 - David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd)
March 7 - Peter Wolf, American musician (J Geils Band)
March 10 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
March 12 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
March 15 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (d. 2003)
March 17 - Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995)
March 21 - Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
March 25 - Cliff Balsam, English footballer
March 27 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
March 30 - Carolyn Simpson, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
March 31 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984)
April 4 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
April 7
April 12 - Ed O'Neill, American actor
April 16 - Margot Adler, American journalist
April 19 - Tim Curry, British actor, vocalist, and composer
April 20 - Julien Poulin, Canadian actor
April 25
April 30 - King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
May-June
May 2 - Lesley Gore, American singer
May 4 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
May 7 - Thelma Houston, American singer
May 9
May 10
May 11 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor
May 12 - Richard Bruce Silverman, John Evans Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
May 16 - Robert Fripp, British musician
May 17 - Udo Lindenberg, German musician
May 18 - Reggie Jackson, baseball player
May 19
May 20 - Cher, American actress and singer
May 22 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
May 23 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
May 26 - Mick Ronson, English guitarist (d. 1993)
May 28 - K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet
May 29 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
May 30 - Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
June 2 - Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer
June 8 - Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia
June 12 - Harry Glasper, English football historian
June 14 - Donald Trump, American real estate magnate
June 15
June 17 - Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative for the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio, based in Toledo
June 18 - Russell Ash, British author
June 20 - Xanana Gusmão, first President of East Timor
June 22 - Kay Redfield Jamison, American psychiatrist
June 23 - Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher
June 24
June 28 - Gilda Radner, American comedienne and actress (d. 1989)
June 29 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
July-August
July 2 - Richard Axel, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
July 4
July 6
July 9
July 13 - Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
July 14 - John Wood, Australian actor
July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer and songwriter
July 16
July 17 - Alun Armstrong, English actor
July 22
July 23 - Sally Flynn, American singer The Lawrence Welk Show
July 25 - Rita Marley, Jamaican singer
July 30 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
August 1
August 3 - Jack Straw, British politician
August 5 - Ron Silliman, American poet
August 9 - Jim Kiick, American football player
August 19
Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
Charles Bolden, American astronaut
August 20
August 23 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
August 24 - John Grahl, Economist
August 25
August 26
August 29
September-October
September 1 -
September 2 - Luis Avalos, character actor
September 4
September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (d. 1991)
September 7
September 9
September 10
September 15
September 18 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress.
September 21
September 23 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
September 24 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
September 25 - Jerry Penrod, American bass player
September 26 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
September 30
October 1 - Tim O'Brien, American author
October 2 - Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of the Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army
October 3 - P.P. Arnold, American singer
October 4 - Susan Sarandon, American actress
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9 - Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician
October 10
October 13
October 14 - Justin Hayward, English singer and songwriter (Moody Blues)
October 15
October 16
October 17
October 18
October 19 - Philip Pullman, English author
October 20 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
October 21 - Lyn Allison, Australian politician
October 22 - Eileen Gordon, British politician
October 25 - Edith Leyrer, Austrian actress
October 26 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
October 27
October 28 - Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet
October 29 - Kathryn J. Whitmire, Mayor of Houston, Texas
October 30
October 31
November
November 1
November 2 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
November 4 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
November 5
November 6 - Sally Field, American actress
November 7
November 8 - Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe musician
November 10 - Alaina Reed Hall, American actress
November 11 - Corrine Brown, American politician
November 12 - P.P. Arnold, English singer
November 13 - Ohara Reiko, Japanese actress
November 14 - Carola Dunn, English writer
November 15
November 17 - Petra Burka, Canadian figure skater
November 18
November 19 - Terry Baum, American playwright
November 20
November 21
November 22 - Anne Wheeler, Canadian television and film director
November 24
November 25 - Marika Lindstrom, Swedish actress
November 26 - Ottilia Borbath, Romanian actress
November 27 - Nina Maslova, Russian actress
November 28 - Regina Braga, Brazilian actress
November 29
November 30 - Barbara Cubin, U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming
December
December 2
December 3
December 4
December 5
December 6 - Chelsea Brown, American actress
December 8
December 9 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician
December 10
December 11 - Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004)
December 12 - Gloria Loring, American singer
December 14
December 16
December 17
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21 - Carl Wilson, American musician (d. 1998)
December 23
December 24
December 25
December 26 - Joyce Jillson, American astrologer (d. 2004)
December 27
December 28 - Edgar Winter, American musician
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