WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1946
Find out what all happened September to December 1946

Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations. (19. November 1946)

An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes. (21. December 1946)

A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. (24. October 1946)

The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India was held. (15. December 1946)

Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea. (1. October 1946)

Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy. (24. September 1946)

The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta. (29. November 1946)

A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement, killing 37 people. (12. December 1946)

President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II. (31. December 1946)

French bombing of Hai Phong, Viet Nam, kills thousands of civilians. (23. November 1946)

The first in Europe artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within Soviet nuclear reactor F-1. (25. December 1946)

Start of the First Indochina War. (19. December 1946)

U.S.-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946. (15. December 1946)

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. (24. September 1946)

The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia. (9. December 1946)

Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial. (16. October 1946)

A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. (7. December 1946)

While riding a train to Darjeeling, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters' Convent claimed to have heard the call of God, directing her "to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them". She would become known as Mother Teresa. (10. September 1946)

United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. (6. September 1946)

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. (11. December 1946)