1946
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'''1946''' '''(MCMXLVI)''' was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar)
January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940
January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation zones
January 10 - First meeting of the United Nations
January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the people's republic of Albania with himself as prime minister of Albania|prime minister.
January 11 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.
January 16 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a France|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 25 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor
January 28 - ''Bluenose'' founders on a Haitian reef
January 29 - Central Intelligence Agency|CIA established
January 31 - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia's Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
February
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February 1 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
February 2 - monarchy|Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic.
February 14 - The Bank of England nationalization|nationalized
February 14 - 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 24 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
February 28 - In Philadelphia, strikers of General Electric and police clash
March 2 - British troops withdraw from Iran according to treaty - Soviets do not.
March 2 - Ho Chi Minh elected the President of North Vietnam
March 4 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C.G.E. Mannerheim resigns from the post of president of Finland
March 5 - In his speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about 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. David Gilmour, the guitarist of Pink Floyd is born.
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 diplomacy|diplomatic relations.
March 19 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France
March 22 - Transjordan gains independence
March 29 - Gold Coast has an African majority in the parliament
April 1 - 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo, Hawaii - 173 dead, thousands injured.
April 1 - Formation of the Malayan Union.
April 1 - 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|Syria's independence from France is officially recognised
April 10 - In Japan, women vote for the first time in parliamentarian elections
April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia
April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations – it transfers its mission to United Nations and disbands itself.
April 29 - Trial against war criminals begin in Tokyo – accused include Hideki Tojo, Shigenori Togo and Hiroshi Oshima.
May 4 - Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 revolutionizes wine world.
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 of Italy|Humbert II.
May 10 - Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party in India
May 20 - In Britain, the British House of Commons|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 ionizing radiation|radiation. Incident is initially classified
May 22 - Kingdom of Transjordan founded.
May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan|emir Abdullah their king.
May 31 - Greece referendum supports return of monarchy
June 2 - In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Humbert II 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 Rama IX accedes the throne.
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
July 4 - After over 425 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 (CV-3)|USS ''Saratoga'' is sunk near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean when the United States detonates the "Baker Day" device.
July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta – 3000 dead.
August 25 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship
September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum – King Simeon II leaves.
September 28 - George II of Greece returns to Athens
October 2 - Communists take over in Bulgaria
October 13 - France adopts the constitution of the French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic.
October 15 - Nuremberg Trials: Founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazi war criminal, Hermann Göring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution.
October 23 - United Nations' first meeting in Long Island.
November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. French cruiser ''Suffren'' opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.
November 12 - Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia.
November 12 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.
November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia.
November 19 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden joins the United Nations
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."
December 11 - UNICEF founded.
December 12 - United Nations severs relations with Francisco Franco|Franco's Spain and recommends the member countries to sever diplomatic relations
December 12 - Leon Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France
December 19 - Martial law in Vietnam
December 22 - Havana Conference begins between US organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba
December 24 - France's French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic founded
December 26 - Flamingo Las Vegas|Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas.
December 31 - President Harry Truman officially proclaims an end of hostilities in World War II.
Unknown dates
The 20mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun is invented.
Devil's Island penal colony closes permanently.
Female suffrage in Belgium, Romania, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|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.
Alcatraz Island prison riot.
The British government takes emergency powers to deal with the balance-of-payments crisis.
Eva Perón 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
Births
January
January 3 - John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin)
January 5 - Diane Keaton, American actress
January 6 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer
January 8 - Stanton Peele, American psychologist
January 8 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)
January 11 - Naomi Judd, American singer
January 11 - John Piper (theologian)|John Piper, American theologian
January 12 - George Duke, American musician
January 14 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer
January 16 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
January 16 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian singer
January 18 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
January 19 - 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 31 - Terry Kath, American musician (d. 1978)
February-March
February 6 - Jim Turner (Congressman)|Jim Turner, American politician
February 13 - Colin Matthews, British composer
February 14 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003)
February 14 - 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
February 21 - Alan Rickman, English actor
February 24 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
February 25 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
February 26 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize laureate
February 28 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
March 3 - Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
March 6 - David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd)
March 7 - Peter Wolf, American musician (J Geils Band)
March 8 - Linda Kelliher Samets, American entrepreneur
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 31 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984)
April-May
April 4 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
April 7 - Colette Besson, French runner
April 12 - Ed O'Neill, American actor
April 16 - Margot Adler, American journalist
April 19 - Tim Curry, British actor, vocalist, and composer
April 25 - John Fox (statistician)|John Fox, British statistician
April 25 - Talia Shire, American actress
April 30 - King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
May 7 - Thelma Houston, American singer
May 9 - Candice Bergen, American actress
May 10 - Donovan|Donovan Leitch, Scottish musician
May 10 - Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic (band)|Traffic)
May 11 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor
May 17 - Udo Lindenberg, German musician
May 18 - Reggie Jackson, baseball player
May 19 - André the Giant, French professional wrestling (d. 1993)
May 19 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights
May 20 - Cher (entertainer)|Cher, American actress and singer
May 22 - George Best, Irish footballer (d. 2005)
May 23 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
May 26 - Mick Ronson, American 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-July
June 6 - Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer
June 8 - Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia
June 12 - Harry Glasper, Football historian
June 14 - Donald Trump, American real estate magnate
June 15 - Noddy Holder, English singer (Slade)
June 20 - Xanana Gusmao, first President of East Timor
June 23 - Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher
June 24 - Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (d. 1986)
June 29 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
July 2 - Richard Axel, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
July 4 - Ed O'Ross, American actor
July 6 - George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States
July 6 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
July 9 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
July 13 - Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
July 14 - John Wood (Australian actor)|John Wood, Australian actor
July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer and songwriter
July 16 - Ron Yary, American football player
July 22 - Danny Glover, American actor
July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
July 25 - Rita Marley, Jamaican singer
July 30 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
August
August 3 - Jack Straw (politician)|Jack Straw, British politician
August 19 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
August 19 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
August 20 - Ralf Hütter, German singer and musician (Kraftwerk)
August 20 - N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman
August 23 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
August 25 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player
August 29 - Bob Beamon, American athlete
September
September 4 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
September 4 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen (band)|Queen) (d. 1991)
September 7 - Willie Crawford, baseball player (d. 2004)
September 7 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001)
September 9 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)
September 10 - Jim Hines, American athlete
September 10 - Don Powell, English drummer
September 15 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director
September 21 - Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor
September 23 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
September 24 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
September 26 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
September 30 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
October
October 1 - Tim O'Brien (author)|Tim O'Brien, American author
October 6 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician
October 6 - Renate Holub, German philosopher
October 7 - Xue Jinghua, Chinese ballerina
October 7 - Catharine MacKinnon, American feminist
October 8 - Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar
October 8 - John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (d. 2005)
October 9 - Tansu Ciller, Turkish politician
October 10 - Anne Boyd, Australian musician
October 10 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
October 11 - Leona Gom, Canadian writer
October 13 - Edwina Currie, English politician
October 13 - Dorothy Moore, American singer
October 14 - Justin Hayward, English singer and songwriter (Moody Blues)
October 14 - Kay Redfield Jamison, American psychologist
October 15 - Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist)|Marsha Hunt, American singer and novelist
October 16 - Suzanne Somers, American actress
October 16 - Elizabeth Witmer, Dutch-born politician
October 17 - Vicki Hodge, English actress
October 17 - Bob Seagren, American athlete and actor
October 18 - Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
October 18 - Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano
October 20 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate
October 20 - Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
October 21 - Lyn Allison, Australian politician
October 22 - Eileen Gordon, British politician
October 24 - Gwyneth Powell, British actress
October 25 - Edith Leyrer, Austrian actress
October 26 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
October 27 - Leslie L. Byrne, American politician
October 27 - Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born film director and producer
October 27 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
October 28 - Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet
October 29 - Kathryn J. Whitmire, Mayor of Houston, Texas
October 30 - Lynne Marta, American actress
October 31 - Caroline Jackson, British politician
November
November 1 - Marina Abramovic, Yugoslavian performance artist
November 1 - Lynne Russell, American newsreader
November 2 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
November 4 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch artist (d. 2001)
November 5 - Loleatta Holloway, American singer
November 5 - Gram Parsons, American musician
November 6 - Sally Field, American actress
November 7 - Diane Francis, Canadian journalist
November 7 - Martin Barre, Musician (Jethro Tull)
November 8 - Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe musician
November 10 - Alaina Reed Hall, American actress
November 11 - Corrine Brown, American politician
November 12 - P.P. Arnold, English singer
November 13 - Ohara Reiko, Japanese actess
November 14 - Carola Dunn, English writer
November 15 - Sandy Skoglund, American photographer
November 17 - Petra Burka, Canadian figure skater
November 18 - Andrea Allan, Scottish actress
November 18 - Amanda Lear, Hong Kong singer
November 19 - Terry Baum, American playwright
November 20 - Greg Cook, American football player
November 20 - Judy Woodruff, American television personality
November 21 - Emma Cohen, Spanish actress
November 21 - Pam Freeman, American actress
November 21 - Chaviva Hosek, Czech-born feminist
November 21 - Ulla Jessen, Danish actress
November 21 - Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
November 21 - Marina Warner, English writer
November 22 - Anne Wheeler, Canadian television and film director
November 24 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
November 25 - Marika Lindstrom, Swedish actress
November 26 - Ottilia Borbath, Romanian actress
November 27 - Nina Maslova, Russian actress
November 28 - Regina Braga, Brazilian actress
November 29 - Suzy Chaffee, American singer and actress
November 30 - Barbara Cubin, U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming
December
December 2 - Gulsun Karamustafa, Turkish artist and film director
December 2 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
December 3 - Marjana Lipovsek, Slovenian singer and actress
December 3 - Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
December 4 - Sherry Alberoni, American actress
December 4 - Angela Browning, British politician
December 4 - You Inoue, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003)
December 5 - José Carreras, Spanish tenor
December 5 - Eva-Britt Svensson, Swedish politician
December 6 - Chelsea Brown, American actress
December 8 - Jacques Bourboulon, French photographer
December 8 - Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
December 9 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician
December 10 - Chrystos, American poet
December 11 - Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004)
December 12 - Gloria Loring, American singer
December 14 - Jane Birkin, English actress and singer
December 14 - Patty Duke, American actress
December 16 - Alice Aycock, American sculptor
December 17 - Bel Mooney, English broadcast journalist
December 18 - Nina Skottova, Czech politician and member of the European Parliament
December 18 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
December 19 - Candace Pert, American nueroscientist
December 20 - Lesley Judd, English actress and television presenter
December 20 - Dick Wolf, American television producer
December 21 - Carl Wilson, American musician (d. 1998)
December 23 - Edita Gruberova, Slovakian soprano
December 24 - Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French pharmacist and politician and member of the European Parliament
December 26 - Joyce Jillson, American astrologer (d. 2004)
December 27 - Janet Street Porter, English broadcast journalist
December 27 - Polly Toynbee, English journalist and writer
December 29 - Marianne Faithfull, English singer and actress
December 29 - Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist
December 30 - Patti Smith, American poet and singer
December 31 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician
Unknown date
Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 1996)
Deaths
January 29 - Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890)
February 5 - George Arliss, English actor (b. 1868)
March 4 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
March 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (b. 1875)
March 24 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
April 1 - Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
April 3 - Alf Common, English footballer (b. 1880)
April 8 - Qin Bangxian, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1907)
April 22 - Harlan Fiske Stone|Harlan F. Stone, United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice|Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
May 19 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
June 1 - Ion Antonescu, Romanian prime minister and dictator (b. 1882)
June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
June 9 - Ananda Mahidol, King of Siam (b. 1925)
June 10 - Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
June 14 - John Logie Baird, television pioneer (b. 1888)
June 28 - Antoinette Perry, American actress and director
July 8 - Orrick Glenday Johns, American writer (b. 1887)
July 13 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
July 15 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
August 13 - H.G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
October 4 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
October 15 - Hermann Göring, Nazi leader (suicide) (b. 1893)
October 16 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi (executed) (b. 1892)
November 14 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
December 10 - Walter Johnson, baseball player (b. 1887)
December 25 - W.C. Fields, American actor and comedian (b. 1880)
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics - Percy Williams Bridgman
Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry - James B. Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine - Hermann Joseph Muller
Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature - Hermann Hesse
Nobel Peace Prize|Peace - Emily Greene Balch, John Mott
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