WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1946
Find out what all happened February to August 1946

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

The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed. (2. May 1946)

The National Democratic Front wins a landslide victory in the municipal elections in French India. (23. June 1946)

Naperville train disaster kills 47. (26. April 1946)

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

Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (21. 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)

UMNO is created. (11. May 1946)

The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933. (21. March 1946)

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

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

Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. (11. March 1946)

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

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

Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. (6. March 1946)

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

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

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

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