Churchill Delivers Iron Curtain Speech at Westminster College, March 5, 1946

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 1946Acheson–Lilienthal Report Released on Nuclear Power Control, March 28, 1946Winecoff Hotel Fire Kills 119…

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 → 📅…

French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France. Date: March 19, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Enver Hoxha Declares People’s Republic of Albania, January 11, 1946First UN General Assembly Meets…

Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina. Date: February 24, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946French Naval…

French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France. Date: March 19, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Winecoff Hotel Fire Kills 119 in Atlanta December 7, 1946Central U.S. Tornado Outbreak Begins,…