Masaharu Homma Executed for Bataan Death March, April 3, 1946

The UN Security Council holds its first session. Date: January 17, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946First UN General Assembly Meets in Westminster, 51 Nations January 10, 1946Long Telegram Arrives: U.S. Strategy for…

Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm. Date: April 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Manuel Roxas Elected Last Commonwealth President of the Philippines, April 23, 1946Alcatraz Riot…

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 → 📅…

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 1946UN General Assembly Establishes Atomic Energy Commission January 24, 1946First Successful American…

A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people. Date: June 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946UK Grants Full Independence to Transjordan March 22, 1946Democratic Republic of Vietnam…

Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team. Date: April 18, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…