Date: March 28, 1946
The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. Date: January 10, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Acheson-Lilienthal Report Released on…
Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Date: May 21, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946MacArthur Establishes Tokyo…
Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him. Date: January 3, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in…
The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow. Date: February 22, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Central Intelligence Group Created,…
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Peruvian Andes mountains kills at least 1,400 people. Date: November 10, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946People’s Republic of Korea Dissolved, Provisional People’s Committee Replaces It —…
The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. Date: April 20, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Juan Perón Elected President of Argentina, February 24, 1946Last French…