WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1946
Find out what all happened July to August 1946

Hungarian hyperinflation sets a record with inflation of 348.46 percent per day, or prices doubling every eleven hours. (10. July 1946)

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

King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths. (22. July 1946)

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

Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. (7. July 1946)

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

Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours. (16. August 1946)

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

At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team. (25. July 1946)

Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport (26. July 1946)

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

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

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

Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. (7. July 1946)

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

After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States. (4. July 1946)