1946 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1943 1944 1945 – 1946 – 1947 1948 1949 |
Contents
Events
- January 10 – First meeting of the United Nations.
- August 16 - Muslim League began "Direct Action Day" which killed 10,000 people from Kolkata.
- AIESEC started
Births
- January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer
- January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, music manager
- March 12 – Frank Welker, American actor
- May 10- Donovan, Scottish musician
- July 6 – George W. Bush, American politician, 43rd President of the United States
- August 19 – Bill Clinton, American politician 42nd President of the United States
- September 1 – Barry Gibb, Singer/Songwriter
- September 5 — Freddie Mercury,British Singer/Songwriter (d. 1991; AIDS)
- November 4 – Laura Bush, 45th First Lady of the United States
- December 28 – Edgar Winter, Albino pop musician
- December 30 – Patti Smith, American singer and poet
Deaths
New books
- All the King's Men – Robert Penn Warren
- Bridge on the Drina – Ivo Andric
- The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care – Benjamin Spock
- Delta Wedding – Eudora Welty
- I Spit On Your Grave – Boris Vian
- Jule – George Wylie Henderson
- The Littlest Angel – Charles Tazewell
- The Miracle of the Rose – Jean Genet
- Mr. President – Miguel Angel Asturias
- Mister Roberts – Thomas Heggen
- The Story Of Dorothy Stanfield – Oscar Micheaux
- Strawberry Girl – Lois Lenski
- The Street – Ann Lane Petty
- Then and Now – W. Somerset Maugham
- The Adventures of Tintin
Images for kids
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January 10: Project Diana
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January 28: Bluenose founders.
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Four DUKW amphibious vehicles taking part in the Victory Parade in London on 8 June 1946
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Arnoldo Alemán
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Bill Plympton
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André the Giant
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Noddy Holder
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Ted Shackelford
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Keith Moon
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Mart Siimann
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Petra Burka
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Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
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László Bárdossy
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Rafael Erich
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Béla Imrédy
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Ferenc Szálasi
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Francisco Largo Caballero
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Barbu Știrbey
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Patriarch Eulogius
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Alexei Nikolaevich Bach
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Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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Marcela de Agoncillo
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Ion Antonescu
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Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
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King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) of Thailand
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Federico Laredo Bru
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Shefqet Verlaci
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Blessed Alexander Vvedensky
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Wilhelm Marx
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King Inayatullah Khan
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Blessed Francesco Bonifacio
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Blessed Alberto Marvelli
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