Editing 1946 (section)

===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]].