Editing 1946 (section)

===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.