1946

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

Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as prime minister. Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.

January 16 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government January 17

The UN Security Council holds its first session Senator Dennis Chavez (D-NM) calls for a vote on an FEPC bill which called for the end to discrimination in the work place. A filibuster prevents it from passing.

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.

Jan. 28: Bluenose will founder.

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 and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

[edit] February

February 1

Trygve Lie of Norway is selected to be the first United Nations Secretary General. Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic.

February 14

The Bank of England nationalized 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 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

[edit] March

March 2

British troops withdraw from Iran according to treaty - Soviets do not. Ho Chi Minh elected the President of North Vietnam

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

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. A communist-dominated government under Petru Groza assumes power in Romania.

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

Soviet Union and Switzerland reform diplomatic relations. French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and RÃ©union become overseas dÃ©partements of France

March 22 â€“ The United Kingdom grants Transjordan, as it was then known, its independence. Three years later the country changes its name to Jordan.^[1] March 29 - Gold Coast has an African majority in the parliament

[edit] April

April 1

14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo and LaupÄhoehoe on the Big Island of Hawaii - 173 dead, thousands injured. Formation of the Malayan Union. 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 7 - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised April 10 - In Japan, women vote for the first time during the elections for the House of Representatives of the Ninetieth Imperial Diet April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations â€“ 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 â€“ accused include Hideki Tojo, Shigenori Togo and Hiroshi Oshima.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

Tornado on the Detroit River - 17 dead Laurence Olivier's Henry V opens in the United States nearly two years after its release in England. It is the first Shakespeare film in color, and critics hail it as the finest film of a Shakespeare play ever made.

[edit] 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 device during Operation Crossroads. July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

[edit] 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 4 - 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake - earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 killed, 20,000 left homeless. 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

[edit] September

September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay. September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum â€“ 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

[edit] October

October 1 - Mensa 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 GÃ¶ring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution. October 23 - United Nations' first meeting in Long Island.

[edit] 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

At least 1,400 people were killed in an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale at the Ancash and Quiches area in Peru. Opening of the Slimbridge wetland reserve in England.

November 12

Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia. in Chicago, a branch of the Exchange National Bank (now part of the LaSalle Bank) opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.

November 15 - Netherlands recognized the Republic of Indonesia. November 17 - Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists. November 19

Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations Romanian general election, carried with 79.86% of the vote by the Romanian Communist Party through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud

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."

[edit] December

December 1 â€“ Miguel AlemÃ¡n ValdÃ©s takes office as President of Mexico. December 7 - Fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, United States kills 119. December 11 - UNICEF (UNIted nations Children's Emergency Fund) founded. December 12

United Nations severs relations with Franco's Spain and recommends the member countries to sever diplomatic relations LÃ©on Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France The new communist government held power in Tabriz center of Iranian Azerbaijan Province.

December 19 - Martial law in Vietnam December 20

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, featuring a cast including James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell, is released in New York. At least 1,362 people are killed in a earthquake and associated tsunami in Japan

December 22 - Havana Conference begins between US organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba December 24 - France's Fourth Republic founded December 26

Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas. David Lean's Great Expectations, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, and featuring a cast headed by John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt, Alec Guinness, Francis L. Sullivan, Jean Simmons, and Finlay Currie, is released to great acclaim in England.

December 31 - President Harry Truman delivers Proclamation 2714, which officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.

[edit] 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 PerÃ³n 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. Casio Company was founded by the engineer, Tadao Kashio.

[edit] Ongoing

Marshall Plan

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

1946 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar 1946
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Ab urbe condita 2699

Armenian calendar 1395
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BahÃ¡'Ã calendar 102 â€“ 103

Berber calendar 2896

Buddhist calendar 2490

Burmese calendar 1308

Byzantine calendar 7454 â€“ 7455

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Coptic calendar 1662 â€“ 1663

Ethiopian calendar 1938 â€“ 1939

Hebrew calendar 5706 â€“ 5707

Hindu calendars

- Vikram Samvat 2001 â€“ 2002

- Shaka Samvat 1868 â€“ 1869

- Kali Yuga 5047 â€“ 5048

Holocene calendar 11946

Iranian calendar 1324 â€“ 1325

Islamic calendar 1365 â€“ 1366

Japanese calendar ShÅwa 21
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Korean calendar 4279

Thai solar calendar 2489

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[edit] January-February

January 3

John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin) Cissy King, American dancer and singer The Lawrence Welk Show

January 5 - Diane Keaton, American actress January 6 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006) January 8

Stanton Peele, American psychologist Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)

January 11

Naomi Judd, American singer John Piper, American theologian

January 12 - George Duke, American musician January 14 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d.2004) January 16

Kabir Bedi, Indian actor Katia Ricciarelli, Italian singer

January 18 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councillor January 19

Julian Barnes, English writer

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 - SÃ©an Neeson, Northern Irish politician February 13 - Colin Matthews, British composer February 14

Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003) Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)

February 19 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974) February 20 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress February 21

Tyne Daly, American actress Alan Rickman, English actor

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)

[edit] March-April

March 4

Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario

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 MÃ¡rquez, 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

John Fox, British statistician Talia Shire, American actress Strobe Talbott, American journalist

April 30 - King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden

[edit] May-June

May 2 - Lesley Gore, American singer May 4 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver May 7 - Thelma Houston, American singer May 9

Candice Bergen, American actress Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (d. 2006)

May 10

Donovan Leitch, Scottish musician Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)

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

Demis Roussos, Greek singer Noddy Holder, English singer (Slade) Roy Holder, English actor Janet Lennon, American singer, The Lennon Sisters

June 17 - Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative for the Ninth Congressional District