Editing 1946 (section)

==Events==

===January===
{{Main|January 1946}}
[[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|thumb|110px|right| [[January 10]]: First meeting of the [[United Nations|UN]].]]
[[File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|thumb|100px|right| [[January 10]]: [[Project Diana]]]]
* [[January 6]] – The [[1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election|first general election]] ever in [[Vietnam]] is held.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p331 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – The [[Allies of World War II]] recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four [[Allied-occupied Austria|occupation zones]].
* [[January 10]]
** The first meeting of the [[United Nations]] is held, at [[Methodist Central Hall Westminster]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Christian Social Action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aMlAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church|page=36}}</ref>
** ''[[Project Diana]]'' bounces [[radar]] waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the [[Space Age]].
* [[January 11]] – [[Enver Hoxha]] declares the [[People's Republic of Albania]], with himself as [[prime minister of Albania|prime minister]].
* [[January 16]] – [[Charles de Gaulle]] resigns as head of the [[Provisional Government of the French Republic|French provisional government]].
* [[January 17]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] holds its first session, at [[Church House, Westminster]] in London.
* [[January 19]]
** The [[Bell X-1|Bell XS-1]] is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief [[test pilot]] [[Jack Woolams]] at the controls.
** General [[Douglas MacArthur]] establishes the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]] in Tokyo, to try Japanese war criminals.
* [[January 20]] – [[Charles de Gaulle]] resigns as [[president of France]].
* [[January 22]]
** [[Iran crisis of 1946]]: [[Qazi Muhammad]] declares the independent people's [[Republic of Mahabad]], at the [[Chahar Cheragh Square]] in the [[Kurds|Kurdish]] city of [[Mahabad]]. He is the new president, [[Haji Baba Sheikh]] is the [[prime minister]].
** The National Intelligence Authority, and its operational arm, the Central Intelligence Group, are established in the United States; these become part of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[1947]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=[[William M. Leary|Leary, William M.]]|title=The Central Intelligence Agency: History and Documents|publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=1984|pages=20–21}}</ref>
[[File:Stamp Canada 1929 50c Bluenose.jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[January 28]]: ''[[Bluenose]]'' founders.]]
* [[January 28]] – The Canadian schooner ''[[Bluenose]]'' founders on a Haitian reef.
* [[January 31]]
** The last session of the [[Permanent Court of International Justice]] occurs.
** [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]'s [[1946 Yugoslav Constitution|new constitution]], modeling the [[Soviet Union]], establishes 6 constituent republics ([[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]] and [[Slovenia]]).

===February===
{{Main|February 1946}}
* [[February 1]]
** [[Trygve Lie]] of Norway is selected as the first [[United Nations Secretary-General]].
** The [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Kingdom of Hungary]] becomes a [[Second Hungarian Republic|republic]], heavily influenced by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[February 14]] – [[ENIAC]] (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), an early general-purpose electronic [[computer]], is unveiled at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]; it weighs 60,000 pounds (over 27 tons), and occupies a big room.
* [[February 15]] – The [[Gouzenko Affair]]: Canada announces the shocking discovery of a ring of Canadian communist spies based at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, passing [[atomic bomb]] secrets to Russia.
* [[February 20]] – An explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in [[Bergkamen]], West Germany.<ref>{{cite book|author=F. S. V. Donnison|title=Civil Affairs and Military Government: North-west Europe, 1944-1946.|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|year=1961|page=416}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Juan Perón]] is elected [[president of Argentina]].

===March===
{{Main|March 1946}}
* [[March 2]]
** British troops withdraw from [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] according to treaty; the Soviets do not.
** [[Ho Chi Minh]] is elected President of [[North Vietnam]].
* [[March 4]] – [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]] resigns as [[president of Finland]].
* [[March 5]] – In his speech at [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]], in [[Fulton, Missouri]], [[Winston Churchill]] talks about the ''[[Iron Curtain]]''.
* [[March 6]] – [[First Indochina War]]: [[Ho Chi Minh]] signs an agreement with France, which recognizes [[Vietnam]] as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
* [[March 7]] – The [[18th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] goes to ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]''.
* [[March 8]] – The [[Bell 47]] becomes the first helicopter certified for civilian use in the [[United States]]
* [[March 9]] – [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] becomes the 7th [[President of Finland]].
* [[March 19]]
** The [[Soviet Union]] and Switzerland resume [[diplomatic relations]].
** [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[Réunion]] become [[overseas department|overseas ''départements'']] of France.
* [[March 22]] – The United Kingdom grants the [[British protectorate]] of the [[Emirate of Transjordan]] (later known as [[Jordan]]) its independence by the [[Treaty of London (1946)|Treaty of London]].<ref>"Year by Year 1946" – [[History Channel International]].</ref>
* [[March 29]] – The [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] has an African majority in its parliament.

===April===
{{Main|April 1946}}
* [[April 1]]
** The 8.6 {{M|w}} [[1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake|Aleutian Islands earthquake]] shakes the [[Aleutian Islands]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VI (''Strong''). A destructive [[tsunami]] reaches the [[Hawaiian Islands]], resulting in many deaths, mostly in [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]]. Between 165 and 173 are killed.
** The [[Malayan Union]] is formed on dissolution of the [[British Military Administration (Malaya)|British Military Administration]] and [[Singapore]] becomes a [[Crown colony]].
** The [[Battle of Määritsa]] takes place between [[Estonian partisans]] and [[Soviet Armed Forces|Soviet forces]] in southeastern [[Estonia]].
* [[April 3]] – Japanese Lt. General [[Masaharu Homma]] is executed outside [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]], for leading the [[Bataan Death March]].
* [[April 5]] – A British [[Fleet Air Arm]] [[Vickers Wellington]] [[1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash|crashes]] into a residential area in [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Attard |first1=Eddie |title=The air crash disaster in Rabat 70 years ago |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/The-air-crash-disaster-in-Rabat-70-years-ago.607711 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=4 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202142854/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/The-air-crash-disaster-in-Rabat-70-years-ago.607711 |archive-date=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Ir-Rabat: 20 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-440-wellington-x-ir-rabat-20-killed |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209145837/https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-440-wellington-x-ir-rabat-20-killed |archive-date=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Accident details |url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1946/1946-19.htm |website=PlaneCrashInfo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209150524/http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1946/1946-19.htm |archive-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th [[Meiji Constitution|Imperial Diet]].
* [[April 14]] – ''[[Sh'erit ha-Pletah]]'' members of [[Nakam]], the "Jewish Avengers", use [[arsenic]] to poison bread baked for [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] prisoners of war held at [[Stalag XIII-D]] by the Americans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/26/second.world.war|title=Revenge|last=Freedland|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Freedland|date=2008-07-26|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=2016-10-24}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – [[Syria]]'s independence from France is officially recognized.
* [[April 18]]
** The inaugural session of the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) takes place at [[The Hague]].
** The [[League of Nations]], in its last meeting, transfers its mission to the [[United Nations]] and disbands itself.
** The United States recognizes [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s government in the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
* [[April 28]] – ''[[Kinderdorf Pestalozzi]]'' (Pestalozzi Children's Village) is established at [[Trogen, Switzerland]] to accommodate and educate [[orphan]]s of World War II, according to [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]]'s principles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001442/144223eb.pdf|first=Fritz|last=Wezel|title=Pestalozzi Children Village at Trogen|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|date=1948-10-01|access-date=2010-11-23}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] – Trials against [[war criminal]]s begin in Tokyo; the accused include [[Hideki Tojo]], [[Shigenori Tōgō]] and [[Hiroshi Ōshima]].

===May===
{{Main|May 1946}}
* [[May 1]] – At least 800 [[Indigenous Australian]] pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting [[1946 Pilbara strike|one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia]].
* [[May 7]] – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed ''[[Sony]]'') is founded, with about 20 employees.
* [[May 9]] – King [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]] abdicates, and is succeeded by his son [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]].
* [[May 10]]
** [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] is elected leader of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] in India.
** The first [[V-2 rocket]] to be successfully launched in the United States is fired from [[White Sands Missile Range]].
* [[May 21]] – [[Manhattan Project]] physicist [[Louis Slotin]] accidentally triggers a [[fission reaction]] at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in the United States and, although saving his coworkers, gives himself a lethal dose of [[ionizing radiation]], making him the second victim of a [[criticality accident]] in history (the incident is initially treated as [[classified information]]).
* [[May 23]]–[[May 24|24]] – [[Tornado outbreak of May 23–24, 1946|A two-day violent tornado outbreak]] occurs across the Central United States, with at least 15 significant tornadoes killing four people and injuring 42 others.
* [[May 25]] – The Emirate of Jordan becomes the [[Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]] when its parliament makes the ruling [[Abdullah I of Jordan|amir Abdullah]] their king on the day it ratifies the [[Treaty of London (1946)|Treaty of London]].
* [[May 26]] – [[1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election]]: Communists win with (38%), in the last election before communists take power.
* [[May 31]] – The [[1946 Greek referendum]] supports the return of the [[monarchy of Greece|monarchy]].

===June===
{{Main|June 1946}}
[[File:Allied Victory Parade in London, 1946 H42790.jpg|thumb|upright|Four [[DUKW]] amphibious vehicles taking part in the Victory Parade in [[London]] on 8 June 1946]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Ion Antonescu]], prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of [[Romania]] during World War II, is executed; he was found guilty of betraying the Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by the [[Bucharest People's Tribunal]].
** [[Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu|D'Argenlieu]], French [[High Commissioner]] for [[Indo-China]], recognizes an autonomous "Republic of Cochin-China" in violation of the [[March 6]] [[Ho–Sainteny agreement]], opening the way for conflict between the [[Viet Minh]] and France.<ref>{{cite book |first=Fredrik |last=Logevall |author-link=Fredrik Logevall |title=[[Embers of War]] |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=2013 |page=136 |isbn=978-0375756474}}</ref>
* [[June 2]] – [[1946 Italian institutional referendum]]: Italians vote to turn Italy from a [[monarchy]] into a [[republic]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Monarchy Voted Out; Italian King Leaving|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal|date=1946-06-05|page=1}}</ref> In the simultaneous [[1946 Italian general election]], the first since the end of World War II and also the first in which women are allowed to vote, the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] party, led by Prime Minister [[Alcide De Gasperi]], wins most seats in the [[Constituent Assembly of Italy]] and forms a coalition government.<ref>{{cite book|first=Guillermo A.|last=O'Donnell|display-authors=etal|title=Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Southern Europe|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, Md|year=1986|page=63}}</ref> Christian Democracy leads the Italian government continuously until 1981.
* [[June 3]] – [[Interpol]] is re-founded; the [[telegraphic address]] "Interpol" is adopted.
* [[June 8]] – In [[Indonesia]], [[Sukarno]] incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation.
* [[June 9]] – In [[Thailand]], King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX) accedes to the throne after the death of his elder brother, King [[Ananda Mahidol]] (Rama VIII). He will reign until his death on [[October 13]], [[2016]].
* [[June 10]] – Italy is declared a [[republic]].
* [[June 13]] – [[Umberto II of Italy]] leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; [[Alcide De Gasperi]] becomes [[head of state]].
* [[June 14]] – The [[Baruch Plan]] is proposed to the United Nations.
* [[June 17]] – Formal ratification of the [[Treaty of London (1946)|Treaty of London]] grants independence to the [[Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan]].
* [[June 23]]
** The 7.5 {{M|w}} [[1946 Vancouver Island earthquake|Vancouver Island earthquake]] affects the island, with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). Two people are killed.
** [[1946 French India municipal election]]: The [[National Democratic Front (French India)|National Democratic Front]] wins a landslide victory. 
* [[June 25]] – The [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD) (World Bank) begins operations.
* [[June 30]] – The [[War Relocation Authority]], which has administered the [[internment of Japanese Americans]], is abolished.

===July===
{{Main|July 1946}}
* [[July 1]] – [[Nuclear testing]]: [[Operation Crossroads]], a series of [[nuclear weapon]] tests conducted by the [[United States and nuclear weapons|United States]] at [[Bikini Atoll]] in [[Micronesia]], is initiated by the detonation of ''Able'' at an altitude of 520 feet (158&nbsp;m).<br/>[[File:Operation Crossroads Baker Edit.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[July 25]]: Undersea Atomic Test Baker]]
* [[July 4]]
** After more than 48 years of American dominance, the [[Philippines]] attains full independence as the 3rd Republic; [[Manuel A. Roxas]] is 5th [[President of the Philippines]]. It marks the end of nearly 400 years of colonial era when the [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]] took control since April 27, 1565.
** The [[Kielce Pogrom]] takes place in [[Poland]].
* [[July 5]] – The [[bikini]] is first modeled in Paris.
* [[July 16]] – The [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) within the [[Department of the Interior]] is formed by the merger of the [[Grazing Service]] and [[United States General Land Office]].
* [[July 21]] – An [[Irgun]] bomb explodes in [[Jerusalem]], due to secretive talks between Jews and Britain to consolidate the state of Israel.
* [[July 22]] – [[King David Hotel bombing]]: The [[Irgun]] bombs the [[King David Hotel]] (headquarters of the British civil and military administration) in [[Jerusalem]], killing 90.
* [[July 25]]
** [[Nuclear testing]]: In the first underwater test of the [[atomic bomb]], the surplus {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} is sunk near [[Bikini Atoll]] in the Pacific Ocean, when the United States detonates the ''Baker'' device during [[Operation Crossroads]].
** At Club 500 in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] stage their first show as a [[comedy]] team.
** In the last mass lynching in the United States, a mob of white men [[Moore's Ford lynchings|shoot and kill]] two [[African-American]] couples, near Moore's Ford Bridge in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].

===August===
{{Main|August 1946}}
* [[August 1]] – The [[Scandinavian Airlines]] System is founded as a consortium of the [[flag carrier]]s of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
* [[August 3]] – [[Santa Claus Land]] opens to the public at [[Santa Claus, Indiana]]. It becomes the first themed park, preceding [[Disneyland]] by 9 years, and is later renamed Holiday World.
* [[August 4]] – The [[1946 Dominican Republic earthquake]] (magnitude 8.0) hits the northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless.
* [[August 7]] – The [[Soviet Union]] escalates the [[Turkish Straits crisis]] through a diplomatic demand to Turkey.
* [[August 16]]
** [[Direct Action Day]]: Violence between Muslims and Hindus in [[Calcutta]] begins "The Week of the Long Knives", which leaves 3,000 dead.
** The [[All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress]] is founded in [[Secunderabad]], [[India]].
** The [[Kurdistan Democratic Party]] is founded in [[South Kurdistan]].
* [[August 18]] – The [[Vergarola explosion]] of ordnance in [[Croatia]] kills 70.
* [[August 30]] – [[Bell Aircraft|Bell]]'s chief [[test pilot]], [[Jack Woolams]], dies in a plane crash while flying the [[Bell P-39 Airacobra|P-39 "Cobra I"]] over Lake Ontario preparing for an [[Air racing|air race]] the following day.

===September===
{{Main|September 1946}}
* [[September 1]] – [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]], the first official [[Formula One|Formula One ''Grand Prix'']], is held in [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1946/1946.html|title=1946 Grands Prix|date=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708014049/http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1946/1946.html|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] – The [[Interim Government of India]] takes charge, with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] as vice president, as part of the transition from the [[British Raj]] to full independence for [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].
* [[September 4]] – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus erupts in [[Bombay]].
* [[September 8]] – [[Bulgaria]] is declared a [[People's Republic]] after a [[referendum]]; King [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon II]] leaves.
* [[September 19]] – The idea of the [[Council of Europe]] is introduced in a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
* [[September 24]] – [[Cathay Pacific]] Airways is founded in [[Hong Kong]], by American [[Roy Farrell]] and Australian [[Sydney de Kantzow]].
* [[September 28]] 
** [[1946 Australian federal election]]: [[Ben Chifley]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Chifley government|government]] is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by former [[Prime Minister of Australia|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 casualties are former Prime Minister [[Frank Forde]]. This is also the first election contested by the newly formed Liberal Party, which had replaced the [[United Australia Party]] as the main centre-right political party in Australia.
** [[George II of Greece]] returns to [[Athens]] from exile in England.

===October===
{{Main|October 1946}}
* [[October 1]] – [[Mensa International|Mensa]], an international organization for people with a high [[intelligence quotient]] (IQ), is founded by [[Roland Berrill]], an Australian-born lawyer, and [[Lancelot Ware]], an English biochemist and lawyer, in [[Oxford]].
* [[October 2]] – Communists establish power in [[Bulgaria]].
* [[October 6]] – Sweden's Prime Minister [[Per Albin Hansson]] dies in office of a heart attack.
* [[October 10]] – The [[Noakhali genocide]] of Hindus in [[Bengal]] begins, at the hands of Muslim mobs.
* [[October 11]] – After a few days of vacancy, the Swedish premiership is taken over by [[Tage Erlander]].
* [[October 13]] – France adopts the constitution of the [[French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic]].
* [[October 14]] – The [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) is founded.
* [[October 15]] – [[Nuremberg trials]]: [[Hermann Göring]], founder of the [[Gestapo]] and recently convicted [[Nazism|Nazi]] war criminal, poisons himself two hours before his scheduled execution.
* [[October 16]]
** The remaining ten Nazi war criminals sentenced to death at the [[Nuremberg trials]] are executed by hanging, in a gymnasium in the [[Palace of Justice, Nuremberg]].
** The [[United Nations]]' first meeting in [[Long Island]] is held.
* [[October 23]] – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
* [[October 24]]–[[November 11]] – [[1946 Bihar riots]]: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of [[Bihar]], resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.

===November===
{{Main|November 1946}}
* [[November 4]] – [[UNESCO]] (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is established as a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
* [[November 10]] – At least 1,400 people are killed when the 6.8–7.0 {{nat|Mw}} [[1946 Ancash earthquake|Ancash earthquake]] affects the [[Quiches District]] of [[Peru]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme'').
* [[November 12]]
** A truce is declared between Indonesian nationalist troops and the Dutch army in [[Indonesia]].
** In Chicago, a branch of the Exchange National Bank (later part of the [[Bank of America]]) opens the first 10 [[drive-up teller window]]s.
* [[November 15]] – By the [[Linggadjati Agreement]], the Netherlands recognizes the Republic of [[Indonesia]].
* [[November 19]]
** [[Afghanistan]], [[Iceland]] and [[Sweden]] join the [[United Nations]].
** [[1946 Romanian general election]]: The [[Romanian Communist Party]] wins 79.86% of the vote, through widespread intimidation tactics and [[electoral fraud]].
* [[November 23]]
** Vietnamese riot in [[Haiphong]] and clash with French troops. In the [[Haiphong incident]], the French cruiser ''Suffren'' opens fire, killing 6,000 Vietnamese.
** The [[Workers' Party of South Korea]] is founded.
* [[November 27]] – Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] appeals to the United States and the [[Soviet Union]] to end [[nuclear testing]] and start [[nuclear disarmament]], stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."
* [[November 29]] – The [[Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization]] (SOBSI) is founded in [[Jakarta]].

===December===
{{Main|December 1946}}
* [[December 1]] – [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]].
* [[December 2]] – The [[International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling]] is signed in Washington, D.C., to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" through establishment of the [[International Whaling Commission]].
* [[December 7]] – The [[Winecoff Hotel fire]] in [[Atlanta]], United States, kills 119.
* [[December 10]] – [[John Peters Humphrey]] becomes director of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]
* [[December 11]] – [[UNICEF]] (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) is founded.
* [[December 12]]
** The [[United Nations]] severs relations with [[Francoist Spain]] and recommends that member countries sever diplomatic relations.
** [[Léon Blum]] founds a government of socialist parties in France.
** [[Iran crisis of 1946]]: Iranian troops recapture the [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azerbaijan]] province.
* [[December 14]]
** The [[International Labour Organization]] becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
** [[Proposed United States purchase of Greenland#1946|Proposed United States purchase of Greenland]] from Denmark: An offer is made through diplomatic channels.
** [[Aspen Skiing Company]] opens [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)]] in Colorado with [[Ski Lift No. 1]], at {{convert|7980|ft|km|abbr=on}} the world's longest [[chairlift]] at this time.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lund|first=Morten|author2=Hayes, Mary|title=Skiing Comes to Aspen: Visionaries and Teachers|journal=Skiing Heritage Journal|year=1997|issue=2|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18}}</ref>
* [[December 15]]
** The first [[1946 French India Representative Assembly election|French India Representative Assembly election]] is held.
** [[Iran crisis of 1946]]: Iranian troops recapture the Kurdish [[Republic of Mahabad]].
* [[December 16]] – [[Thailand|Siam]] joins the [[United Nations]] (changes its name to [[Thailand]] in [[1949]]).
* [[December 19]] – [[Viet Minh]] forces begin a [[First Indochina War|war against French occupying forces]] in [[Vietnam]], succeeding in 1954 with France's surrender at the [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]].
* [[December 21]] – [[1946 Nankai earthquake]]; At least 1,362 people are killed in an earthquake and associated tsunami in Japan.
* [[December 22]] – The [[Havana Conference]] begins between U.S. [[organized crime]] bosses in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]].
* [[December 24]] – The [[French Fourth Republic]] is founded.
* [[December 25]] – The first artificial, self-sustaining [[nuclear chain reaction]] in Europe is initiated, within the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] (Russian) [[nuclear reactor]] [[F-1 (nuclear reactor)|F-1]].
* [[December 31]] – U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] delivers [[Proclamation 2714]], which officially ends hostilities in World War II.

===Date unknown===
* The cancelled 1946 [[FIFA World Cup]].
* [[Female suffrage]] is enacted in [[Romania]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Argentina]], and the Canadian province of [[Quebec]].
* The first female police officers are hired in Korea and Japan.
* The [[Chinese Civil War]] intensifies between the [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Chinese Communist Party]].
* [[Eva Perón]] tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of [[Argentina]], a circuit called the Rainbow Tour.
* The 20&nbsp;mm [[M61 Vulcan]] [[Gatling gun]] contract is released.
* The [[Casio]] company is founded by engineer Tadao Kashio in Japan.
* The [[Magic 8 Ball]] is invented by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman.