Unser the Washington Loan Agreement
Unser the Washington Loan Agreement $3.75 billion is paid to Britain
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1946 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 86 historical events and records for United States of America in 1946.
Historical records for United States of America in 1946
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Washington Loan Agreement
Unser the Washington Loan Agreement $3.75 billion is paid to Britain
Beals Opens Doctors Trial as Presiding Judge
Beals opened the Medical Case and directed the first trial session against physicians and officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Doctors Trial Opens
Taylor opened the prosecution of physicians and administrators in the first Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding.
Medical Case Tests Responsibility for Human Experimentation
The first subsequent proceeding examines physicians and administrators accused of criminal medical experiments and other abuses committed under state authority.
Doctors Trial High-Altitude Evidence Presented
The prosecution introduces evidence on Dachau high-altitude experiments and the use of concentration-camp prisoners in lethal aviation research.
Doctors Trial Freezing Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution presents evidence concerning freezing experiments at Dachau and the suffering imposed on prisoners used as human test subjects.
Doctors Trial Malaria Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution turns to malaria experiments conducted on prisoners and the medical responsibility of officials connected with the programme.
Doctors Trial Seawater Experiment Evidence Presented
Evidence is introduced about seawater experiments intended to test survival methods while prisoners endured dangerous deprivation.
Doctors Trial Sterilization Evidence Presented
The prosecution presents the programme of sterilization experiments designed to develop methods for suppressing reproduction among targeted populations.
Doctors Trial Skeleton Collection Evidence Presented
The court hears evidence about the plan to murder selected Jewish prisoners for an anatomical skeleton collection.
Doctors Trial Sulfanilamide Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution details wound and drug experiments in which prisoners were deliberately injured to test sulfanilamide treatment.
Death of W C Fields
Death of W C Fields
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Academy Award
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Direction for The Best Years of Our Lives. The Best Years of Our Lives won seven Academy Awards, including those for best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, editing, screenplay, and original score
Allied Control Council
"Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern"
Army Discharge
Shaw was discharged from the United States Army in 1946 after completing his wartime service.
Atomic Energy Commission
President Truman appoints David Lilienthal as the first Chairman of the AEC. All production facilities and nuclear reactors would be Government-owned, while all technical information and research results would be under Commission control
Atomic Energy Commission
President Truman appoints David Lilienthal as the first Chairman of the AEC. All production facilities and nuclear reactors would be Government-owned, while all technical information and research results would be under Commission control
Best Years of Our Lives
Directs, The Best Years of Our Lives
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Gamow argues that the hot early universe could explain the origin of chemical elements
Birth of George Walker Bush
Birth of George Walker Bush
Constitution of USA
"Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern"
Death of William Jefferson Bill Clinton
Death of William Blythe, Bill Clintons father, before Bill Clintons birth
Delegate
Appointed delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
Election
Elected Member of House of Representitives
Elementary Mass-Energy Derivation
Publishes an elementary derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy, revisiting one of the central physical consequences that emerged from special relativity.
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
Helps form and chairs the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists to promote public education and international control.
Evidence Robot Story
Asimov published Evidence, a robot story examining the problem of identifying a humanlike robot.
General Field Theory Draft
Presents a new draft of field equations for his continuing general field theory program.
Governor
Appointed Governor of New York State, 2nd term
Hubble Space Telescope
The history of the Hubble Space Telescope can be traced back to 1946, when the astronomer Lyman Spitzer writes the paper "Astronomical advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory"
Independence of Germany
"Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern"
Independence of United States of America
"Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern"
Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your
Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun is huge hit
Its a Wonderful Life
Stars in, "Its a Wonderful Life"
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that X-ray irradiation can produce mutations in genetic material.
Postwar Nuclear Physics Programme
Establishes an energetic postwar research programme at Chicago spanning nuclear physics, particle physics and theoretical problems.
Postwar Return to New Orleans
After his Army discharge, Shaw returned to New Orleans and resumed his civilian career.
PPA
Founds the Progressive Party of America
Recommends non-intervention in China
Recommends non-intervention in China. "Peace & stability must be achieved by the efforts of the Chinese themselves"
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