April 1946 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1946.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Clement Attlee (Labour), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on April 1946: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1946?
Events
- 01 Apr 1946 Weight Watchers forms
- 07 Apr 1946 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282.
- 08 Apr 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
- 10 Apr 1946 In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th Imperial Diet.
- 12 Apr 1946 Syria gains independence from France
- 13 Apr 1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims end of wage and price freeze.
- 14 Apr 1946 Day Before Spring closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances
- 16 Apr 1946 First US launch of captured German V-2 rocket, White Sands New Mexico; 8 km altitude.
- 17 Apr 1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
- 18 Apr 1946 Call Me Mister opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances
- 20 Apr 1946 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs. Cubs
- 21 Apr 1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
- 22 Apr 1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
- 23 Apr 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers' Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
- 25 Apr 1946 Exposition Flyer rammed at Napierville, Illinois, USA killing 48.
- 27 Apr 1946 FA Cup: Derby County beat Charlton Athletic in the first FA Cup final since the end of the war
- 28 Apr 1946 Pestalozzi Children’s Village (''Kinderdorf Pestalozzi'') established at Trogen in Switzerland to accommodate and educate orphans of World War II according to Pestalozzian principles.
- 29 Apr 1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals.
- 01 Apr 1946 The 8.6 M Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in April 1946?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
- Bing Crosby (Eddie Condon Orchestra) - Personality
- Bing Crosby & Jesters - Sioux City Sue
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - You Won't be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- Billy Eckstine - Prisoner of Love
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
