WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1946
Find out what all happened February to March 1946

Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. (2. March 1946)

Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. (28. March 1946)

The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. (1. February 1946)

The Bank of England is nationalised. (1. March 1946)

The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. (5. February 1946)

The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership. (24. March 1946)

World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats. (12. February 1946)

The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933. (21. March 1946)

Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. (6. March 1946)

Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc. (5. March 1946)

The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published. (8. February 1946)

The Bank of England is nationalized. (14. February 1946)

Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets. (26. February 1946)

Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors (18. February 1946)

African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil. (12. February 1946)

Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. (11. March 1946)

Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri. (5. March 1946)

Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more. (9. March 1946)

Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. (1. February 1946)

French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France. (19. March 1946)