Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Talia Rose Shire is an American actress and member of the Coppola family. She is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in t…
Talia Shire, American actress
Peter Denis Sutherland was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. He was kn…
Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (died 2018)
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a Russian right-wing populist politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 unti…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2022)
Ralph Coates was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. Coates played for Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Orient, making 480 appearances in the Football League. …
Ralph Coates, English international footballer (died 2010)
Alberto Fernando Quintano Ralph, commonly known as El Mariscal, is a Chilean former professional footballer. He played as a defender for Universidad de Chile in Chile's Primera Div…
Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, originally known as Santa Claus Land, is a theme park and water park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The park opened in 1946 and f…
Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty…
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a piston-engined strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1948 to 1959. With 384…
First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
Direct Action Day was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using general strikes and economic shut down to demand a separate Muslim homeland after …
Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
Ordinance No. 46, effective 23 August 1946, was an ordinance issued by the British Military Government (CCG/BE) in the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany by which, among other…
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and…
Franz "Bulle" Roth is a former German footballer. He earned four caps for the Germany national football team and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style.
Franz Roth, German footballer
Nour El-Sherif, born Mohamad Geber Mohamad Abd Allah was a prominent Egyptian actor. He has 6 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list.
Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer (died 2015)
Ginette Reno is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a gold an…
Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1995 to 2019. The…
Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist
Carl XVI Gustaf has reigned as the King of Sweden since 15 September 1973. Having reigned for 52 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history and the second longest…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
The Workers' Party of North Korea was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea. It was founded at a congress …
The Workers' Party of North Korea, predecessor of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is founded at a congress held in…
The Interim Government of India, also known as the Provisional Government of India, formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly of India, had the task of…
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime…
A referendum on becoming a republic was held in Bulgaria on 8 September 1946. Official results showed 96% in favour of the change against only 4% in favour of retaining the monarch…
A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
The Council of Europe is an international organisation which aims to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergover…
The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
The Cannes Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries. Founde…
The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
Bill Plympton is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Award–nominated animated short Your Face and his series of shorts…
Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
Donald Arthur Schollander is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events. He won a total of five gold medals a…
Don Schollander, American swimmer
Lesley Gore was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song "It's My Party", a U.S. number one in 1963. She followed it up with t…
Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Sir David Courtney Suchet is an English actor. He is known for his work on stage and in television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television serial Oppenheimer (1980) and recei…
David Suchet, English actor