WHAT HAPPENED IN 1946.
Look what happened the 1946.

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

Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein. (23. August 1946)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is decommissioned. (29. August 1946)

The Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister. (2. September 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)

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)

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

The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II. (20. September 1946)

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

Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy. (24. September 1946)

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

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

Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom. (1. October 1946)

France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic. (13. October 1946)

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

Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam decides that on 20/10 is Vietnam Women's Day. (20. 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)

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

   
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