WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1946
Find out what all happened April to July 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)

In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship. (27. June 1946)

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. (7. May 1946)

Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport (26. July 1946)

First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. (10. May 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)

Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. (25. July 1946)

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes. (29. April 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)

The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven teams. (6. June 1946)

Hungarian hyperinflation sets a record with inflation of 348.46 percent per day, or prices doubling every eleven hours. (10. July 1946)

UMNO is created. (11. May 1946)

Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation. (17. April 1946)

Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement. (29. April 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)

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

The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France (5. July 1946)

The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir. (25. May 1946)

Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled. (2. June 1946)

Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. (7. July 1946)