Date: February 8, 1946
Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours. Date: August 16, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946ENIAC Dedicated as First Electronic General-Purpose Computer, February 15, 1946Central…
A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. Date: December 7, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Convair B-36 First Nuclear-Capable Flight, August…
The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later. Date: April 1, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1946Battle of Margarana: 96 Indonesians…
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 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…
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 1946Revised Standard Version New Testament Published February 11, 1946Estonian Schoolgirls Destroy Soviet…