| 1946-06-05
A fire in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
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| 1946-09-20
The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
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| 1946-07-05
The bikini is re-introduced in Paris, France (it was a Roman invention).
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| 1946-04-16
Syria gains independence.
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| 1946-09-24
Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
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| 1946-06-02
Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia is exiled.
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| 1946-07-07
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
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| 1946-08-23
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Land (state) of Schleswig-Holstein.
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| 1946-05-04
In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Navy Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.
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| 1946-09-19
The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
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| 1946-06-01
Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War 2, is executed.
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| 1946-05-21
Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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| 1946-10-01
Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
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| 1946-12-07
A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
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| 1946-02-14
The Bank of England is nationalized.
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| 1946-06-06
The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
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| 1946-10-13
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
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| 1946-04-08
The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
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| 1946-12-14
The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.
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| 1946-05-07
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
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| 1946-04-01
Formation of the Malayan Union.
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| 1946-05-25
The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
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| 1946-10-16
Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.
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| 1946-07-26
Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport
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| 1946-02-02
The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
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| 1946-07-07
Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
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| 1946-03-05
Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
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| 1946-04-29
Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
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| 1946-02-12
World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
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| 1946-01-31
Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
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| 1946-04-07
Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
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| 1946-11-01
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.
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| 1946-01-25
The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
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| 1946-11-23
French Navy fire in Hai Phong, Viet Nam, kills 6,000 civilians.
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| 1946-07-04
After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
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| 1946-04-01
Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo.
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| 1946-07-22
King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
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| 1946-01-22
Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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| 1946-03-06
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
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| 1946-05-11
UMNO is created.
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| 1946-04-05
Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
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| 1946-07-20
World War II: The US Congress's Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt is completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces.
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| 1946-03-09
Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds amongst the injured
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| 1946-12-11
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
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| 1946-02-05
The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
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| 1946-01-11
Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as president.
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| 1946-05-02
The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.
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| 1946-05-01
The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
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| 1946-03-31
The first election is held in Greece after World War II.
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| 1946-08-08
First flight of the Convair B-36.
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| 1946-04-17
Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.
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| 1946-12-25
The first in Europe artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated within Soviet nuclear reactor F-1.
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| 1946-05-09
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
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| 1946-01-10
The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
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| 1946-04-29
Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.
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| 1946-05-10
First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
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| 1946-12-24
France's Fourth Republic is founded.
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| 1946-06-23
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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| 1946-06-09
King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
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| 1946-01-22
Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
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| 1946-04-03
Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
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| 1946-03-19
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
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| 1946-01-17
The UN Security Council holds its first session.
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| 1946-09-02
Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.
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| 1946-12-12
A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
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| 1946-10-01
Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
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| 1946-03-01
The Bank of England is nationalised.
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| 1946-08-04
1946 Dominican Republic earthquake: an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
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| 1946-10-15
Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Göring poisons himself the night before his execution.
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| 1946-02-01
Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
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| 1946-05-03
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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| 1946-03-18
Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
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| 1946-06-06
Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Argentina.
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| 1946-12-09
The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
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| 1946-05-08
Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
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| 1946-11-19
Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
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| 1946-07-25
Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll.
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| 1946-12-02
The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
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| 1946-03-28
Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
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| 1946-06-18
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
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| 1946-12-19
Start of the First Indochina War.
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| 1946-01-19
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
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| 1946-10-23
The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
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| 1946-02-14
ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled.
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| 1946-07-25
At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
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| 1946-03-05
Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
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| 1946-03-02
Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
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| 1946-12-31
President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
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| 1946-05-01
Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
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| 1946-10-24
A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
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