Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill delivered the Sinews of Peace address at Fulton, warning about Soviet domination in Eastern Europe.
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1946 in Great Britain — Page 4
Explore 166 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1946.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1946
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Jackson Assumes Portsmouth Manager Position
Jackson takes charge of Portsmouth in the post-war period and begins shaping the squad that will soon dominate the English First Division.
Manager Football Team
Stanley Rous, secretary of The Football Association, persuades the FA council to appoint Winterbottom as The FAs first Director of Coaching and suggests he take on the additional responsibility of being the first England team manager
Manchester Computer Project Organised
Max Newman led efforts to build an electronic stored program computer at the University of Manchester. The achievement expanded the capabilities of a major research centre.
MBE
Awarded the MBE
McMillan Leads Derby County Past Charlton Athletic
A 4-1 result over Charlton Athletic brings Derby County the trophy under McMillan.
Member of Parliament
Appointed prospective Member of Parliament for Broadstairs
Ministers of the Crown Act
Ministers of the Crown Act 1946 reorganises ministerial offices and salaries for modern government
National Health Service Act
National Health Service Act 1946 establishes a comprehensive health service for England and Wales
National Health Service Bill
Bevan publishes the NHS Bill
National Health Service Bill
During the committee stage of the Bill Bevan reveals that teaching hospitals will retain their autonomy. Bevan publishes the NHS Bill
National Insurance Act
National Insurance Act 1946 creates a wider contributory social security system
National Insurance Industrial Injuries Act
National Insurance Industrial Injuries Act 1946 creates work injury insurance and compensation rights
Nationalization
Dalton nationalizes the Bank of England
New Towns Act
New Towns Act 1946 creates development corporations for planned new towns
NHS Scotland Bill
Advances Scottish legislation for the health service.
Nuremberg Trial Reporting
West reported on the Nuremberg trials and examined the moral and political consequences of Nazism.
Opposition Foreign Policy
Acts as a senior Conservative spokesman on foreign affairs in opposition
Palestine Inquiry
Visits Palestine and hears competing arguments about immigration, settlement and political government.
Palestine Policy
Criticises the government's refusal to implement key recommendations of the Anglo-American committee.
Peerage
Created Viscount Brooke
Pleasure Spots Essay
Orwell questioned whether mechanized entertainment could genuinely provide satisfying leisure in Pleasure Spots.
Police Act
Police Act 1946 reorganises police arrangements and supports postwar policing administration
Politics versus Literature Gulliver
Orwell examined Swift's Gulliver's Travels in an essay about political imagination and literary merit.
Postwar First Division Return
Curtis remained responsible for Brentford as organised league football resumed after the Second World War and the club faced renewed top-flight competition.
Postwar Reconstruction
Works in postwar business finance while preparing for a parliamentary career.
Regional Hospital Board Structure
The NHS legislation establishes regional hospital boards to plan and administer hospital services across large areas once the new service begins.
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Speech
Says Russia is becoming isolationist within a cordon sanitaire of dependent states
Stellar Origin of Heavy Elements
Hoyle advanced the view that carbon and heavier elements are produced through nuclear reactions inside stars.
Synthesis of Elements from Hydrogen
Hoyle published foundational work arguing that stars could synthesize elements from hydrogen.
Teaching Hospital Autonomy
Accepts special arrangements for teaching hospitals.
Teaching Hospital Governance
The NHS framework provides separate boards of governors for major teaching hospitals, preserving a distinct administrative role within the national system.
The Moon Under Water
Orwell described his ideal public house in the essay The Moon Under Water.
The Prevention of Literature
Publishes The Prevention of Literature.
The Rape of Lucretia
1st performance of, "The Rape of Lucretia"
The Traveller
Publication of "The Traveller"
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 repeals restrictions imposed by the 1927 trade union legislation
Treason
Known as "Lord haw Haw", hanged in Wandsworth prison for treason
Tripartite Structure
Builds the service around hospitals, family doctors and local health duties.
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