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The 1946 Windsor-Tecumseh, Ontario tornado on the Detroit River kills 17. Laurence Olivier's Henry V opens in the United States nearly 2 years after its release in the UK. It is the first Shakespeare film in color, and critics hail it as the finest film of a Shakespeare play ever made.
1946 Australian federal election: Ben Chifley's Labor government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by former Prime Minister Robert Menzies. This is the first occasion where a Labor government successfully wins two elections in a row on a federal level, albeit with a swing against them; among the ...
Description: 'The National Savings Picture Map of the Continent of Europe.' Date: 1946 Our catalogue Reference: NSC 5/198. Date: 1 March 2016, 13:55: Source: Map of ...
Here are some fun map facts for you: one of the oldest surviving maps is the Babylonian Map of The World. Archaeologists date it back to around 700 to 500 B.C. The map was a clay tablet nearly the ...
1946 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1946 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1946 disestablishments in the United States (38 C, 19 P)
1946: 22 April: The Liberation Day is established. 2 June: Italians vote to abolish the monarchy and establish a new republic; King Umberto II, who succeeded his father Victor Emmanuel III on 9 May 1946, goes into exile. 10 June: Birth of the Italian Republic: Italy becomes a republic after the results of a popular referendum. The Constituent ...
January. 1 – Gideon Brand van Zyl is appointed the 7th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. March. 12 – The South African Indian Congress delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, India, and submits a petition drafted in consultation with Mohandas Gandhi.
UTC time: 1946-04-01 12:29:01: ISC event: 898313: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: April 1, 1946 (): Local time: 02:29: Magnitude: 7.4 M s, 8.6 M w, 9.3 M t: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Megathrust: Areas affected: Hawaii, Alaska United States: Max. intensity: MMI VI (Strong): Tsunami: Up to 42 m (138 ft) at Unimak Island: Casualties: 165–173 [2]: The 1946 Aleutian Islands ...