What Happened in 1946
16 historical events, 48 notable births, and 9 notable deaths in 1946.
Major Events
January 1946
1946 — year
1946 Iran crisis — conflict in northwestern Iran
Operation Downfall — codename for the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II
1946 South American Championship — football tournament
EuroBasket 1946 — 1946 edition of Eurobasket
1946 Cannes Film Festival — 1946 film festival edition, first edition
3rd Golden Globe Awards — 1946 film award ceremony, on the 30th of March in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1945 filmmaking
1946 in film — overview of the events of 1946 in film
Corfu Channel incident — 1946–48 altercations between the United Kingdom and Albania
1946 European Athletics Championships — 1946 edition of the European Athletics Championships
March 1946
Chinese Civil War — 1927–1949 civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in China
18th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1945
June 1946
Italian constitutional referendum, 1946 — referendum on abolishing the Italian monarchy
July 1946
King David Hotel bombing — 1946 event in Jerusalem
Kielce pogrom — massacre of Jews in the southeastern Polish town of Kielce on July 4, 1946.
May 1946
demon core — historical subcritical mass of plutonium