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Centuries : 19th century - 20th century 21st century
Decades : 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 - 1946 - 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
Events:
January 4 - In Britain, Theodore Schurch becames the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940
January 10 - First meeting of the United Nations
January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the people's republic[?] of Albania with himself as dictator.
January 17 - The UN Security Council holds its first session
January 20 - Charles De Gaulle resigns from the post of French president
January 25 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor[?]
January 28 - Bluenose January 31 - Yugoslavia 's new constitution , modeling the Soviet Union , establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia , Montenegro , Serbia and Slovenia ).
February 1 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General .
February 2 - Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic .
February 14 - The Bank of England is nationalized.
February 14 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer , is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania
February 15 - Canada indicts 22 communist agents.
February 24 - Juan Peron is elected a president of Argentina
March 2 - British troops retreat from Iran – Soviet troops do not.
March 2 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam .
March 5 - In his speech in Fulton, Missouri , Winston Churchill talks about Iron Curtain .
March 6 - Vietnam War : Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
March 15 - Clement Attlee promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on constitution
March 19 - Soviet Union and Switzerland reform diplomatic relations[?] .
March 19 - French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France
April 1 - 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo, Hawaii - 173 dead, thousands injured.
April 1 - Singapore becomes a Crown colony
April 3 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma[?] is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March[?] .
April 10 - In Japan , women vote for the first time in parliamentarian elections[?]
April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito 's government
April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations – its transfers its mission to United Nations .
April 29 - War crimes trial begins in Tokyo – accused include Hideki Tojo , Shegenori Togo[?] and Hiroshi Oshima[?] .
May 7 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony ) is founded with about 20 employees.
May 9 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II .
May 10 - Nehru elected to lead Indian Congress Party
May 20 - In Britain, the House of Commons decides to nationalize[?] mines.
May 22 - Kingdom of Transjordan founded.
May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.
May 28 - K. Satchidanandan Malayalam poet
May 31 - Monarchism wins in Greek elections.
June 2 - Italy becomes a republic , after a plebiscite . Women vote for the first time.
June 9 - In Thailand, king Rama IX accedes the throne.
June 13 - Humbert II of Italy leaves the country – Alcide de Gasperi[?] becomes head of state .
July 4 - After over 400 years, the Philippines achieves full independence.
July 5 - The bikini is introduced.
July 21 - Bomb of Irgun Zvai Leumi[?] explodes in Jerusalem .
August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta – 3000 dead.
September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay .
September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic[?] after a referendum – King Simeon II[?] leaves.
October 23 - United Nations ' first meeting in Long Island .
November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong[?] and clash with French troops. French cruiser Suffren opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.
November 12 - Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia .
November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia .
November 19 - Afghanistan , Iceland and Sweden joins the United Nations
December 11 - UNICEF founded.
December 24 - France 's Fourth Republic[?] founded
December 26 - Flamingo Hotel[?] opens in Las Vegas .
December 31 - President Harry Truman officially proclaims an end of hostilities in World War II .
Art, Culture & Fashion
1946 in film
1946 in literature
1946 in music
1946 in sports[?]
1946 in television
February 4 – RCA demonstrates all-electronic color television system.
February 18 - The first Washington-New York telecast through AT&T coaxial cable is termed success by engineers and viewers.
April 22 - CBS color television program is successfully transmitted over a 450-mile coaxial cable link from New York to Washington
May 9 - The first variety show premieres, Hour Glass , on NBC .
June 7 - The BBC begins broadcasting again and reshows the Mickey Mouse cartoon, that had been interrupted seven years earlier at the start of the World War II .
June 19 - The first televised heavyweight title fight between Joe Louis and Billy Conn is broadcast from Yankee Stadium . The fight was seen by 141,000 people, the largest television audience to see a fight.
October 2 - The first TV network soap opera, Faraway Hill , airs on the DuMont network.
December 24 - The first church service is telecast, Grace Episcopal Church in New York , on WABD.
ToKyo Tushin Kogyo founded, which would later become Sony
Zoomar[?] introduces the first professional zoom lens[?]
Science:
Births:
January 3 - John Paul Jones , bassist from Led Zeppelin
January 5 - Diane Keaton , actress
January 6 - Syd Barrett , guitarist and singer
January 8 - Robby Krieger[?] , musician ("The Doors ")
January 11 - Naomi Judd[?] , country music singer
January 12 - George Duke[?] , musician
January 16 - Kabir Bedi , actor
January 16 - Ronnie Milsap[?] , singer
January 16 - Katia Ricciarelli[?] , opera singer
January 19 - Dolly Parton , singer, actress
January 20 - David Lynch , film director
January 24 - Michael Ontkean[?] , actor
January 26 - Gene Siskel[?] , film critic (+ 1999 )
January 31 - Terry Kath[?] , musician (+ 1978 )
February 11 - M C Walker[?] , CEO of Iceland Frozen Foods[?] .
February 11 - Timothy Chambers , pediatrician.
February 14 - Gregory Hines[?] , dancer, actor
February 20 - Jerome Geils[?] of the J Geils band[?]
February 20 - Brenda Blethyn[?] , actress
February 21 - Tyne Daly[?] , actress
February 21 - Alan Rickman , actor
February 24 - Barry Bostwick , actor
February 25 - Franz Xaver Kroetz[?] , dramatist
March 6 - David Gilmour , musican ("Pink Floyd ")
March 7 - Peter Wolf[?] , musician ("J Geils Band[?] ")
March 12 - Lisa Minelli[?]
March 22 - André Heller[?] , artist
April 30 - Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden , Swedish monarch (1973 - )
May 7 - Thelma Houston[?] , singer
May 9 - Candice Bergen[?] , actress
May 10 - Donovan Leitch , musician
May 10 - Dave Mason[?] , musician ("Traffic ")
May 11 - Robert Jarvik[?] , physicist, inventor
May 17 - Udo Lindenberg[?] , musician
May 18 - Reggie Jackson , Baseball Hall of Famer
May 19 - André the Giant , wrestler (+ 1993 )
May 20 - Cher , American singer
May 22 - George Best[?] , footballer
May 23 - David Graham[?] , golf champion
May 26 - Mick Ronson , guitarist (+ 1993 )
June 14 - Harold Frederick Shipman , British serial killer
July 22 - Mireille Mathieu , French singer
August 3 - Jack Straw , British politician
August 19 - Bill Clinton , American president (1993 -2000 )
September 5 - Freddie Mercury , British singer
September 7 - Francisco Varela , biologist
September 15 - Oliver Stone , American film director
October 1 - Tim O'Brien , American author
November 5 - Herman Brood , Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
November 5 - Gram Parsons , country music /rock musician
November 24 - Ted Bundy , American serial killer
Deaths:
January 29 - Harry Hopkins[?] , politician
February 5 - George Arliss , actor
March 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis , physical chemist.
March 24 - Alexander Alekhine , chess champion
April 1 - Noah Beery[?] , actor
April 22 - Harlan F. Stone[?] , Chief Justice of the United States
May 19 - Booth Tarkington , American novelist
June 1 - Ion Antonescu
June 10 - Jack Johnson , African-American boxer
July 8 - Orrick Glenday Johns , poet & playwright
August 13 - H.G. Wells , science fiction writer
October 15 - Hermann Göring , prominent Nazi leader, marshall of the Third Reich , head of the Airforce (suicide)
October 16 - Artur Seuss-Inquart[?] , Austrian Nazi leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945) (executed)
Arlene Feynman, wife of Richard Feynman
August - Alfred Stock German chemist
Nobel Prizes
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