Date: May 21, 1946
African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil. Date: February 12, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. Date: May 10, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Soviet Union Annexes East Prussia as Kaliningrad Oblast, April 7, 1946League of…
The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent. Date: November 3, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Italy Becomes a Republic in Referendum, King Umberto II Exiled, June 2, 1946Soviet Note Challenges Turkish…
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic. Date: October 13, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Los Angeles Rams Sign Kenny Washington, First Black NFL Player Since 1933, March 21, 1946French Territories Become…
Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials. Date: October 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Hungary Abolishes Monarchy, Proclaims Republic – February 1, 1946George Woolf Dies After Racing Accident, Memorial Award Created…
French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians. Date: November 23, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Long Telegram Arrives from Moscow: US Strategy on Soviet Union, February 22, 1946World’s First…