WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1946
Find out what all happened February to November 1946

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

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

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

Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. (1. May 1946)

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

A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. (24. October 1946)

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

The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. (20. 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 Democratic Front wins a landslide victory in the municipal elections in French India. (23. June 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)

Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. (2. March 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)

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)

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)

Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors. (8. April 1946)

The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published. (8. February 1946)

The Bank of England is nationalized. (14. February 1946)

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

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