Explore 5072 historical events from 1940–1949.
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, San Jo…
In San Francisco Bay, U
Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses variou…
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded
Aili Jõgi was an Estonian schoolgirl who on the night of 8 May 1946, together with her school friend Ageeda Paavel, blew up a Soviet War reburial monument : the preceding monument …
Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallin
On May 23–24, 1946, a tornado outbreak occurred across the Central and Midwestern United States. Over two days at least 15 significant tornadoes struck parts of Kansas, Nebraska an…
The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes
Ion Antonescu was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II. Havin…
Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed
Ram Manohar Lohia was an Indian political activist of the Indian independence movement and a socialist politician. As a nationalist, he worked actively to protest against coloniali…
Dr
Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity on July 1…
Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
Micheline Bernardini is a French former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris who agreed to model, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard's two-piece swimsuit, which he called the bikini, named …
Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the C…
Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
North Borneo was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of B…
The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
Aloha Airlines was a United States airline that operated passenger flights from 1946 until 2008. It was headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, operating from its hub at Honolulu Intern…
Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 13:51 AST near Samaná, Dominican Republic. It was the largest earthquake to occur in the instrumental era in the Cari…
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
The International Court of Justice, or colloquially the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It settles legal disputes submitted to it by states…
The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the…
Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the fir
The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress (AHTUC) was a trade union centre in the Hyderabad State. Affiliated to the All India Trade Union Congress, it claimed a membership of around …
The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
"Restatement of Policy on Germany", or the "Speech of Hope", is a speech given by James F. Byrnes, the US secretary of state, in Stuttgart on September 6, 1946.
United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic…
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, or simply Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airlin…
Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
Margot Susanna Adler was an American author, journalist, and lecturer. She worked as a correspondent for National Public Radio for 35 years, became bureau chief of the New York off…
Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014)
The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Pea…
The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other we…
The U
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth president of the Philippines, serving from 1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last President of the Commonwealth of t…
Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to t…
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to t…
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government
Ernst Carel Bakker was a Dutch politician, alderman and member of the Democrats 66 political party. He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1982. He join…
Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (died 2014)