The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King. Date: May 25, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This…
The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes. Date: May 23, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. Date: May 9, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn. Date: May 8, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Date: May 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot. Date: May 4, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. Date: May 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)