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The Royal Indian Navy mutiny was a failed insurrection of Indian naval ratings, soldiers, police personnel and civilians against the British government in India in February 1946. From the initial flashpoint in Bombay (now Mumbai ), the revolt spread and found support throughout British India , from Karachi to Calcutta (now Kolkata ), and ...
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1946 Ship State Description USS Dorsey United States Navy: The hulk of the high-speed minesweeper, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed. Empire Stella United Kingdom: The Stella-type tug suffered a boiler explosion which wrecked her engine.
The United States Naval Station Orange marker reads: Orange, Texas has a long association with the U.S.Navy. Its shipyards build 39 destroyers, 93 destroyer escorts, 106 landing craft, and numerous other vessels in World War II. Orange was home for 250 "Mothball" ships of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet after WWII.
1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
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:
As soon as the occupation occurred, the U.S. Army committed several executions of civilians and several women were raped. Among the most memorable massacres is the one reported by the Houston Telegraph and Register on January 4, 1847 when Texas volunteers blamed the Mexicans for the death of several of their companions in Monterrey.
The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by inmate Joseph Cretzer who attempted escape and Stites by friendly fire).