WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1946
Find out what all happened May to August 1946

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. (10. May 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)

The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy. (1. May 1946)

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

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

UMNO is created. (11. May 1946)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. (9. May 1946)

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

The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France (5. July 1946)

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

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