History of 1946
During the year of 1946 the following events have happened in our world's history.
January 01, 1946 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
January 03, 1946 - William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) hanged in Britain for treason
January 10, 1946 - UN General Assembly meets for 1st time
January 10, 1946 - US Army establishes 1st radar contact with moon Belmar NJ
January 26, 1946 - Indian Republic Day
February 16, 1946 - 1st commercially designed helicopter tested - Bridgeport Ct
March 05, 1946 - Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
March 08, 1946 - 1st helicopter licensed for coml use - NYC
March 21, 1946 - UN set up temporary hq at Hunter College (Bronx)
March 22, 1946 - Jordan (then Transjordan) gains independence from Britain
May 02, 1946 - Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz - 5 die
May 08, 1946 - Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
May 09, 1946 - 1st Variety show - NBC's Hour Glass premiers
May 10, 1946 - Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4 - DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
May 22, 1946 - Yankees turn triple play & defeat Tigers' 5-3
May 24, 1946 - Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
May 25, 1946 - Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
May 26, 1946 - Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
May 28, 1946 - 1st night game at Yankee stadium
June 02, 1946 - Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
June 04, 1946 - Largest solar prominence (300 -000 miles) is observed
June 06, 1946 - Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV
June 09, 1946 - 66 -545 fans help Yanks break million mark earliest
June 10, 1946 - Establishment of Italian Republic
June 12, 1946 - Philippines National Day
June 19, 1946 - 1st TV sports spectacular - Joe Louis vs Billy Conn
June 29, 1946 - British arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
July 04, 1946 - Philippines gains independence from US
July 05, 1946 - Louis Reard's Bikini swimsuit design debuts at a fashion show Paris
July 07, 1946 - Mother Frances X Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
July 16, 1946 - Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history)
July 24, 1946 - US detonates atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll
July 30, 1946 - 1st rocket to attain 100-mile altitude White Sands NM
August 01, 1946 - Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission
August 06, 1946 - US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
August 07, 1946 - 1st coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized
September 02, 1946 - Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager
September 06, 1946 - All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev. 44 Miami 0).
September 11, 1946 - 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
September 16, 1946 - James Jeans dies
October 01, 1946 - Bob Feller 348th strikeout of the season
October 02, 1946 - 1st network soap opera - Faraway Hill - Dumont
October 15, 1946 - Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in the World Series
October 15, 1946 - Nazi Hermann Goering poisons himself in prison.
October 16, 1946 - 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials.
October 20, 1946 - Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd Chicago Cards vs. N.Y. Giants.
October 23, 1946 - UN Gen Assembly convenes in NY for 1st time in Flushing Meadow.
October 28, 1946 - German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
November 04, 1946 - UN Educational Scientific & Cultural Org formed
November 11, 1946 - NY Knicks 1st game at Madison Sq Garden Lose 78-68 to Chic Stags
November 12, 1946 - Walt Disney's "Song Of The South" released
November 12, 1946 - 1st "autobank" (banking by car) established (Chic)
December 11, 1946 - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
December 15, 1946 - Filchock & Hapes suspended by NFL failed to report bribe attempt
December 19, 1946 - War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked French
December 31, 1946 - Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II