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December 9, 1946

On December 9, 1946, the subsequent Nuremberg trials begin with the Doctors' Trial, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.

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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 December 9, 1946

  1. 1946 The subsequent Nuremberg trials begin with the Doctors' Trial, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

    1946–1949 trials of Nazi leadership

    The subsequent Nuremberg trials were twelve military tribunals for war crimes committed by the leaders of Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The Nuremberg Military Tribunals occurred after the Nuremberg trials, held by the International Military Tribunal, which concluded in October 1946. S.

  2. 1946 The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

    Unicameral assembly for making the Constitution of India

    The Constituent Assembly of India was the legislature of the Dominion of India from its independence in August 1947 until 1950, when India became a republic. Best known for its creation of the Indian constitution, its members were mostly elected from the provinces of British India—with a third being nominated by princely states.

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Hayley Mills 1946– English actress
Tim Curry 1946– English actor and singer
Steven L. Bennett 1946– American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1972)
Paul Davies 1946– English physicist and author
Louise Harel 1946– Canadian lawyer and politician
Archy Kirkwood 1946– Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician

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