WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1946
Find out what all happened January to October 1946

Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason. (1. August 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)

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

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

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

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

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

UMNO is created. (11. May 1946)

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

Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union were established. (18. March 1946)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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