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April 9, 1946
On April 9, 1946, about 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa went on strike. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.
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About 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa went on strike.
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.
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The year in brief
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
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On April 9, 1946
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1946 About 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa went on strike. City in Central Israel
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.
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Other moments from 1946
- April 1 The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
- April 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
- April 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
- April 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
- April 18 Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.
- April 20 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
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