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October 1, 1946
On October 1, 1946, nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 1, 1946
Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.
Around 1946
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 October 1, 1946
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1946 Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials. Trials of Nazi German leaders
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.
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1946 The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea. Revolt in South Korea against the US military government
1 Daegu Uprising of 1946 was a peasant uprising in South Korea against the policies of the United States Army Military Government in Korea headed by General John R. Hodge and in favor of restoration of power to the people's committees that made up the People's Republic of Korea. The uprising is also sometimes called the Daegu Riot or Daegu Resistance Movement.
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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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