Date: April 18, 1946
Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. Date: March 11, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Nuremberg Trials: Ten Defendants Executed by Hanging, October 16, 1946King Victor…
It's a Wonderful Life premieres at the Globe Theatre in New York to mixed reviews. Date: December 20, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Aleutian Islands Earthquake and Tsunami Kill Dozens in Hawaii, April…
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 1946British Cabinet Mission…
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…
Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Date: April 23, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Fleet Air Arm Wellington Crash in Rabat, Malta – April 5, 1946Bulgaria…
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 1946Alcatraz Riot Ends, Five…