WHAT HAPPENED IN 1946.
Look what happened the 1946.

The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir. (25. May 1946)

Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason. (1. August 1946)

Soviet Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post-World-War-II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union. (22. October 1946)

Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials. (1. October 1946)

Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. (7. July 1946)

First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. (10. May 1946)

Syria's independence from France is officially recognised. (7. April 1946)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is decommissioned. (29. August 1946)

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

The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. (20. April 1946)

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

The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented. (10. January 1946)

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

The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. (1. February 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 All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta. (29. November 1946)

First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. (8. August 1946)

The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership. (24. March 1946)

Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is ordained to the priesthood by Krakow's archbishop, Adam Sapieha. (1. November 1946)

In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president and Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister. (22. January 1946)