WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1946
Find out what all happened June to October 1946

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

The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. (23. June 1946)

United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. (6. September 1946)

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

While riding a train to Darjeeling, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters' Convent claimed to have heard the call of God, directing her "to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them". She would become known as Mother Teresa. (10. September 1946)

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

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

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

Soviet Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post-World-War-II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union. (22. October 1946)

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

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

Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. (7. July 1946)

The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich. (19. September 1946)

The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (23. October 1946)

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

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. (24. September 1946)

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

Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours. (16. August 1946)

The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad. (16. August 1946)

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