1946 facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1943 1944 1945 – 1946 – 1947 1948 1949

Contents

Events
Births
Deaths
New books
Images for kids
See also

Events

January 10 – First meeting of the United Nations.
August 16 - Muslim League began "Direct Action Day" which killed 10,000 people from Kolkata.
AIESEC started

Births

January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer
January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, music manager
March 12 – Frank Welker, American actor
May 10- Donovan, Scottish musician
July 6 – George W. Bush, American politician, 43rd President of the United States
August 19 – Bill Clinton, American politician 42nd President of the United States
September 1 – Barry Gibb, Singer/Songwriter
September 5 — Freddie Mercury,British Singer/Songwriter (d. 1991; AIDS)
November 4 – Laura Bush, 45th First Lady of the United States
December 28 – Edgar Winter, Albino pop musician
December 30 – Patti Smith, American singer and poet

Deaths

December 25 – WC Fields
August 13 – H.G. Wells

New books

All the King's Men – Robert Penn Warren
Bridge on the Drina – Ivo Andric
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care – Benjamin Spock
Delta Wedding – Eudora Welty
I Spit On Your Grave – Boris Vian
Jule – George Wylie Henderson
The Littlest Angel – Charles Tazewell
The Miracle of the Rose – Jean Genet
Mr. President – Miguel Angel Asturias
Mister Roberts – Thomas Heggen
The Story Of Dorothy Stanfield – Oscar Micheaux
Strawberry Girl – Lois Lenski
The Street – Ann Lane Petty
Then and Now – W. Somerset Maugham
The Adventures of Tintin

Images for kids

See also

In Spanish: 1946 para niños

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Famous African-American Athletes:

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