Editing 1946 (section)

===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.