Editing 1946 (section)

===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]]).