What Happened in 1946

Volvo PV 60 is First Produced

The Volvo PV60 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1946 and 1950. It was the first car produced by the Swedish company at the end of the... Read more

Sony Corporation Is Founded

Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki-gaisha) is a multinational conglomerate corporation... Read more

Marilyn Monroe Goes Blonde

On that day in 1946, a timid Norma Jeane walked into the salon and asked if something could be done to make her look better for her shampoo shoot... Read more

Herman Hesse is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 was awarded to Hermann Hesse "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration,... Read more

"Green For Danger" Is Released

Green for Danger is a 1946 thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand. The book Green for Danger was praised... Read more

'All The King's Men' is Published

The summer fiction doldrums are over. An exciting new novel is published today. It isn't a great novel or a completely finished work of art. It is... Read more

The Second Chicago School

Following the fallow years of World War II, residential architecture in Chicago began to reappear as early as the late 1940s, mostly in the form of... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes The Hollow

On the morning that he and his downtrodden wife, Gerda, are due to travel down to the country to weekend with friends, John Christow allows his... Read more

Felix 'Doc' Blanchard Wins Heisman Trophy

An All-American for three years, the 6-foot, 205 pound "Mr. Inside" scored 38 touchdowns and gained 1,908 yards on three powerhouse West Point... Read more

Elvis receives first guitar on 11th birthday

For his eleventh birthday, Presley received his first guitar. He had wanted a rifle but his parents could only afford a guitar. Over the following... Read more

Malcolm X is arrested for burglary

In late 1945, Little returned to Boston. With a group of associates, he began a series of elaborate burglaries targeting the residences of wealthy... Read more

"The Spiral Staircase" Is Released

The Spiral Staircase is a 1945 American psychological thriller film, based on Ethel Lina White's novel Some Must Watch, in which the heroine was... Read more

George F. Kennan Writes the Long Telegram

G. F. Kennan had been stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow as minister-counselor since 1944. Although highly critical of the Soviet system, the... Read more

Gerald Ford is Honorably Discharged from the US Navy

In January 1946, he was sent to the Separation Center, Great Lakes to be processed out. He was released from active duty under honorable conditions... Read more

The Greek Civil War Reignites Following Attack on a Police Station in Litohoro

The Greek Civil War (Greek: ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος], "the Civil War") was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by... Read more

FDA Approves Parke-Davis's Benadryl

Benadryl is an antihistamine. Diphenhydramine blocks the effects of the naturally occurring chemical histamine in the body. Benadryl is used to... Read more

Frank Sinatra releases first studio album The Voice of Frank Sinatra

The Voice of Frank Sinatra is the first studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1946. It was released on Columbia Records, Set... Read more

Peter Wolf Is Born

Peter Wolf (born Peter W. Blankfield, March 7, 1946, Bronx, New York) is an American rock and roll musician, best known as the lead vocalist for... Read more

18th Academy Awards

The 18th Academy Awards was the first such ceremony after World War II. As a result, the ceremony featured more glamour than had been present... Read more

Burnden Park Disaster

On 9th March 1946 Bolton Wanderers played Stoke City in a FA Cup tie. Over 80,000 people entered the Burnden Park ground before the club closed the... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Marries Mary Welsh

According to A. E. Hotchner, Hemingway supposedly considered divorcing fourth wife Mary Welsh. Hotchner reports in a new preface to Papa Hemingway,... Read more

Jackie Robinson makes debut in professional organized baseball with Montreal Royals

Jackie Robinson made his professional debut in organized professional baseball at Daytona's City Island Ballpark, in an exhibition game between the... Read more

The British Cabinet Mission Arrives in India

The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plans for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership,... Read more

Oklahoma A&M Beats North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

Herman Keiser wins the 10th Masters Tournament

Playing the first post-war Masters, Herman Keiser and Ben Hogan both three-putted the 72nd hole to allow Keiser to win by one stroke. Read more