North Borneo Annexed by United Kingdom – July 15, 1946
Date: July 15, 1946
Date: July 15, 1946
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 1946La Salle Hotel Fire Kills 61 in Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 1946UN Security Council…
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) More events from 1946La Salle Hotel…
The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii. Date: April 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in…
The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a tornado which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was 4 miles (6.4 km), among the widest tornadoes on record. Date: April 21, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946BBC…
Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris. Date: July 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park Stadium Disaster Kills 33, Injures Hundreds March 9,…
The first day of a three-day "disastrous" tornado outbreak across the south-central United States leaves 41 people dead and at least 412 others injured. Date: January 4, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946BBC…