1946

1st meeting of U.N. General Assembly
Italy abolishes monarchy
Emperor Hirohito of Japan renounces his divinity
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
Juan Peron becomes president of Argentina
The Philippines becomes a republic
Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
1st Cannes Film Festival
Mother Frances Cabrini canonized as America's 1st saint
The Atomic Energy Commission established in US
Possible link between smoking and lung cancer 1st discussed
Dr. Benjamin Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
"Slinky" introduced
ENIAC computer
"Xerography" introduced
1st mobile phone
Broadway - "Annie Get Your Gun"
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Tommy Lee Jones, Liza Minelli, Reggie Jackson, and Ilie Nastase born
Booth Tarkington, Gertrude Stein, H.G. Wells, and W.C. Fields die