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September 24, 1946
On September 24, 1946, cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · September 24, 1946
Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, or simply Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and its subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 190 destinations and more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshares and joint ventures.
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 September 24, 1946
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1946 Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. Flag carrier and largest airline of Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, or simply Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and its subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 190 destinations and more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshares and joint ventures.
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1946 The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. 1947 anti-communist article by American diplomat George F. Kennan
"The Sources of Soviet Conduct", commonly "X Article", is an article written by George F. Kennan and published under the pseudonym "X" in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. It introduced the term "containment" to widespread use and advocated the strategic use of that concept against the Soviet Union.
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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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