Bank of England Nationalised – March 1, 1946

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 first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor. Date: December 25, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Eastern Germany Engineers and Technicians Forced to Relocate to…

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted. Date: January 25, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Aleutian Islands Earthquake and Hawaiian Tsunami, April 1, 1946Bank of England Nationalized…

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par. Date: January 31, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Bank of England Nationalized March 1, 1946Kielce Pogrom Against…

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded. Date: May 7, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Fleet Air Arm Wellington Crash in Rabat, Malta – April 5, 1946United Kingdom Grants Independence to Transjordan…