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The 1946 Windsor-Tecumseh, Ontario tornado on the Detroit River kills 17. Laurence Olivier's Henry V opens in the United States nearly 2 years after its release in the UK. It is the first Shakespeare film in color, and critics hail it as the finest film of a Shakespeare play ever made.
1946 Australian federal election: Ben Chifley's Labor government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by former Prime Minister Robert Menzies. This is the first occasion where a Labor government successfully wins two elections in a row on a federal level, albeit with a swing against them; among the ...
January 31, 1946 (Thursday) [ edit ] The Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia was established with the promulgation of a new constitution that established a federation of six constituent republics and replaced the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with a presidential government.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), state news organ for North Korea, was established. Its stated mission was "to turn all members of society into juche communist revolutionaries unconditionally loyal to the Great Leader". [11] Born: José Carreras, Spanish Catalan opera singer, and one of The Three Tenors; in Barcelona
June 16, 1946: Zionist paramilitary destroy eleven bridges in Palestine in one night June 13, 1946: Umberto II ends reign as the last King of Italy June 1, 1946: Penicillin first marketed in Britain June 14, 1946: Baruch presents "a choice between the quick and the dead"
May 25, 1946: Truman comes within three minutes of ordering U.S. Army to seize America's railroads May 11, 1946: The first "CARE Package" is delivered May 3, 1946: Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal opens May 16, 1946: The original "tape" recorder, the hi-fidelity Magnetophon, is first demonstrated. The following events occurred in May 1946:
September 28, 1946 (Saturday) [ edit ] In Australia's national election , the Australian Labor Party , led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley , retained its majority in both houses of the parliament, with 30 of the 36 seats in the Senate, [ 70 ] and 43 of the 74 House of Representatives posts.
April 18, 1946: The League of Nations closes after 27 years April 11, 1946: The rocket plane X-1-1 makes its first flight April 18, 1946: The United Nations World Court opens at the Peace Palace in The Hague April 22, 1946: U.S. Chief Justice Stone suffers fatal stroke during proceedings. The following events occurred in April 1946: