WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1946
Find out what all happened April to December 1946

Formation of the Malayan Union. (1. April 1946)

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (5. May 1946)

Syria's independence from France is officially recognised. (7. April 1946)

An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless. (4. August 1946)

Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. (3. August 1946)

Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March. (3. April 1946)

Naperville train disaster kills 47. (26. April 1946)

At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team. (25. July 1946)

The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. (20. April 1946)

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim. (18. June 1946)

First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. (8. August 1946)

Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn. (8. May 1946)

Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials. (1. October 1946)

In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot. (4. May 1946)

Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea. (1. October 1946)

The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India. (9. December 1946)

The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York, New York. (14. December 1946)

Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations. (19. November 1946)

The National Democratic Front wins a landslide victory in the municipal elections in French India. (23. June 1946)

Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial. (16. October 1946)