1946 Corowa state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Corowa on 9 November 1946 because of the resignation of Christopher Lethbridge (Independent), to contest the federal seat of Riverina at the 1946 election as a Liberal candidate, however he was unsuccessful. Lethbridge then nominated as a Liberal candidate to regain the seat.


1946 Corowa state by-election
The by-elections for Albury, Auburn and Ashfield were held on the same day.


1946 Costa Rican parliamentary election
Mid -term parliamentary elections were held in Costa Rica on 10 February 1946. The result was a victory for the Independent National Republican Party, which received 50.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 64.3%. They were the last mid-term elections in the country's history.


1946 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic was a postseason college football bowl game between the tenth ranked Texas Longhorns and the Missouri Tigers.


1946 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Layne accounted for all 40 of Texas' points. He rushed for three touchdowns, passed for two touchdowns (both caught by Joe Baumgardner) and caught a touchdown pass from Ralph Ellsworth. Texas led the whole game, from 14-7 at the end of the first, 21-14 at halftime and 27-14 at the end of the third quarter. Missouri had three touchdown runs from William Dellastatious, Howard Bennett, and Robert Hopkins with a touchdown catch from Roland Oakes, but the Tigers could not stop Layne, who went 11 of 12 for 158 yards.


1946 County Championship
The 1946 County Championship was the 47th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 22nd Championship title.


1946 County Championship
The Championship was the first for six years due to World War II and was decided on total points scored instead of the previous system of averages. All teams played 26 games.


1946 County Championship, Review
The 1946 County Championship had all teams scheduled to play 26 matches, although there were many incomplete games because of the weather "may be written down as the worst in living memory". Teams were awarded 12 points for a win and could also claim points for first innings lead in matches drawn or lost. In the end, the team with the most wins finished first and the team with the second most wins finished second, so the additional points did not really impact the outcome. According to Wisden in its 1947 edition, Yorkshire retained the title with "something to spare" but the competition was very close until the last few days. Middlesex and Lancashire "gave Yorkshire most reason for anxiety".


1946 County Championship, Review
Captained by Brian Sellers, Yorkshire's success was chiefly due to its two main bowlers Ellis Robinson and Arthur Booth who took 167 and 111 wickets respectively in all first-class matches. Yorkshire's pace bowlers were the veteran Bill Bowes, who played for England in 1946, and future England player Alec Coxon. They took 65 and 69 wickets respectively. Seamer Frank Smailes, who also played for England against India, took 76 wickets. Booth was the season's surprise success as he was then 43 and had been a Minor Counties player before the war.


1946 County Championship, Review
Yorkshire had recalled him after many years absence as a replacement for the late Hedley Verity and Booth made the most of frequently damp conditions that suited his type of slow left arm bowling. Yorkshire's batting depended heavily on Len Hutton, supported by veterans Wilf Barber and Maurice Leyland. Norman Yardley batted well and took part in a Test trial.


1946 County Championship, Review
Runners-up Middlesex was captained by Walter Robins and had a very strong batting lineup led by Denis Compton. The best Middlesex bowlers were Jim Sims and Jack Young.


1946 County Championship, Final table
Yorkshire total includes eight points for win on first innings in match reduced by weather to one day. Somerset total includes two points for tie on first innings in match lost.


1946 Coupe de France Final
The 1946 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on 26 May 1946, that saw Lille OSC defeat Red Star OA 4–2 thanks to goals by Bolek Tempowski, René Bihel and Roger Vandooren (2).


1946 Croatian First League, District of Primorsko-goranska championship
Also played FD Crikvenica, Omladinac Senj, Plavi Jadran Pag, NK Naprijed Hreljin


1946 Cuban parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1946. The Partido Auténtico emerged as the largest party, with 30 of the 66 seats in the House of Representatives.


1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1946 Ukrainian Cup was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.


1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, First Elimination Round
Most games of the round took place on 29 September 1946.


1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Second Elimination Round
The main date for games was on 6 October 1946.


1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Third Elimination Round
The main date for games was on 13 October 1946.


1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Fourth Elimination Round
The main date for games was on 20 October 1946.


1946 Currie Cup
The 1946 Currie Cup was the 21st edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1946 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Northern Transvaal for the first time; they beat  Western Province 11–9 in the final in Pretoria.


1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 300 seats (93 for the main party and 21 for its Slovak branch) with 38% of the vote. The Communist vote share was higher than any party had ever achieved in a Czechoslovak parliamentary election; previously, no party had ever won more than 25%. Voter turnout was 93.9%. The national results also determined the composition of the Slovak National Council and local committees.


1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
This was one of only two free nationwide elections held in the Eastern Bloc, the other having been held in Hungary a year earlier. Two years later, the Communists staged a coup d'etat and established the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. As a result, the 1946 election was the last free and fair election held in Czechoslovakia until 1990.


1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, Background
After World War II, a 300-member Interim National Assembly was formed and met for the first time on 28 October 1945. The Assembly created a new electoral system with the country divided into 28 multi-member constituencies. 150 members were elected from Bohemia, 81 from Moravia and Silesia and 69 from Slovakia. The voting age was lowered to 18, but only Czechs, Slovaks and other Slavs could register to vote.


1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Communist leader Klement Gottwald formed a coalition government. However, the Communists gradually tightened their grip on the country. After the non-Communist members resigned from the Cabinet on 25 February 1948, the Communists seized full control of the country.


1946 Czechoslovak presidential election
The 1946 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 19 June 1946. It was first election since end of World War II. Edvard Beneš was elected for his second term.


1946 Czechoslovak presidential election, Background
Edvard Beneš resigned in 1938 and emigrated to the United Kingdom. He formed the Czechoslovak government-in-exile and led the Czechoslovak resistance against Nazi Germany which occupied Czechoslovakia. He returned to Czechoslovakia after World War II and was confirmed as the President of Czechoslovakia in October 1945 by voting of parliament.


1946 Czechoslovak presidential election, Voting
New election was held on 19 June 1946. Beneš was the only candidate. He received all 298 votes.


1946 Dahomey and Togo by-election
A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in French Dahomey and French Togoland on 10 February 1946. The by-election was required after the death of incumbent MP Francis Aupiais on 18 December 1945. Aupiais had been elected via the first college in October 1945.


1946 Dahomey and Togo by-election
Pierre Bertho of the Popular Republican Movement was the only candidate, and was elected with 644 of the 818 votes cast.


1946 Danish local elections
The Danish regional elections of 1946 were held on 12 March 1946. 11488 municipal council members were elected, as well as 299 members of the amts of Denmark.


1946 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1946 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 3–6 record, and were outscored 194 to 91 by opponents. Thomas Douglas was the team captain.


1946 Dartmouth Indians football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1946 Dartmouth Indians football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Dartmouth Indian was selected.


1946 Davis Cup
The 1946 Davis Cup was the 35th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. The trophy and tournament were renamed for the founder, Dwight F. Davis, upon his death in 1945. This was the first edition since the end of World War II. 15 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone.


1946 Davis Cup
The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, and Sweden defeated Yugoslavia in the Europe Zone final. The USA defeated Sweden in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and then defeated defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 26–30 December.


1946 Davis Cup America Zone
The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1946 Davis Cup.


1946 Davis Cup America Zone
5 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. The United States defeated Mexico in the final, and went on to face Sweden in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1946 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1946 Davis Cup.


1946 Davis Cup Europe Zone
15 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone. Sweden defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1946 Dayton Flyers football team
The 1946 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their 21st and final season under head coach Harry Baujan, the Flyers compiled an 6–3 record.


1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1946 college football season, their first after a three-year hiatus due to World War II. The team was named AP small college national champion and won the Cigar Bowl against Rollins. They were led by fourth-year head coach William D. Murray and played the majority of their home games at Wilmington Park. The October 26 game against Drexel was the final game played at Frazer Field, and the last game played in Newark until the opening of Delaware Stadium in 1952. They were ranked in the AP Poll for the final three weeks of the season, the only time that they received that honor. The only other time Delaware would receive votes in the AP Poll would be in 2010.


1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Fightin' Blue Hens were selected.


1946 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1946 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1946 college football season. The Hornets compiled a 5–4 record under coach Tom Conrad. The Hornets were invited to three bowls after the season: the Cattle Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, the Palmetto Bowl in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Flower Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. They turned down offers from Texas and South Carolina to play against Florida N&I in the Flower Bowl. They won the game 7–6 after blocking a conversion attempt at the end of the game. It is currently the only Delaware State bowl game win in history.


1946 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1946 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1946 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–1–1 against MSC opponents), won the conference championship, lost to Hardin–Simmons in the 1947 Alamo Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 182 to 179.


1946 Denver Pioneers football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Pioneers were selected.


1946 Detroit Lions season
The 1946 Detroit Lions season was their 17th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7–3, winning only one game. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season. The Lions lost their first 6 games before beating the Steelers at 17-7 at home. The Lions then lost their final 4 games of the season.


1946 Detroit Lions season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1946 Detroit Tigers season
The 1946 Detroit Tigers finished the season with a record of 92–62, twelve games behind the Boston Red Sox. The season was their 46th since they entered the American League in 1901.


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season
The 1946 Tigers were led by first baseman Hank Greenberg who led the AL with 127 RBIs and led the major leagues with 44 home runs, and by Hal Newhouser who led the major leagues with 26 wins, a 1.94 ERA, an Adjusted ERA+ of 188, and 8.46 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Detroit Tigers season, Awards and honors, Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position
The following members of the 1945 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:


1946 Detroit Titans football team
The 1946 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Chuck Baer, the Titans compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 214 to 134.


1946 Detroit Titans football team
The team's assistant coaches were Lloyd Brazil (backfield coach and athletic director), John Shada (line coach), Ed J. Barbour (backfield coach), and Dr. Raymond D. Forsyth (team physician and trainer). End Wilbur Hintz and guard Bob Ivory were the team's co-captains.


1946 Detroit Titans football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Titans were selected.


1946 Dominican Republic Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 8 December 1946. The role of the Assembly was to review and amend certain articles of the constitution.


1946 Dominican Republic earthquake
The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 17:51 UTC near Samaná, Dominican Republic. The mainshock measured 8.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale and an aftershock occurred four days later on August 8 at 13.28 UTC with a magnitude of 7.6. A tsunami was generated by the initial earthquake and caused widespread devastation across Hispaniola. The tsunami was observed in much of the Caribbean and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.


1946 Dominican Republic earthquake
A small tsunami was also recorded by tide gauges at San Juan in Puerto Rico, Bermuda and in the United States at Daytona Beach, Florida and Atlantic City, New Jersey.


1946 Down by-election
The Down by-election was held on 6 June 1946, following the death of James Little, the independent Unionist Member of Parliament for Down.


1946 Down by-election
The Down constituency elected two members. Since its re-creation in 1922, it had consistently elected unionists, with all other candidates polling less than 15% of the votes cast.


1946 Down by-election
Until the 1945, every MP for the seat had been a member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). Little was elected unopposed for the UUP at a 1939 by-election. The other Down MP, Viscount Castlereagh, decided to retire at the 1945 general election, and the UUP decided to also make Little's seat subject to reselection. Little resigned from the party in protest at this, and easily held his seat as an Independent Ulster Unionist. Official Unionist Walter Smiles won the second seat, narrowly beating the second official Unionist, John Blakiston Houston and a second independent unionist, James Brown. Little took 40% of the votes, and the three other candidates around 20% each.


1946 Down by-election, Candidates
At the by-election, the Ulster Unionist Party hoped to regain the second seat. They stood C. H. Mullan, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who had unsuccessfully contested South Down at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election.


1946 Down by-election, Candidates
The Northern Ireland Labour Party had generally performed well at the 1945 election, although it did not win any seats. It stood Desmond Donnelly, a British politician with Irish ancestry. At the 1945 election, he had taken third place in Evesham standing for the Common Wealth Party, but had since joined the British Labour Party.


1946 Down by-election, Candidates
Two independent unionist candidates stood: J. Hastings-Little, son of James Little, and James Brown, the unsuccessful candidate from the previous year, and former Stormont for South Down.


1946 Down by-election, Result
The by-election was won by Mullan, who took more than half the votes cast. Donnelly took 29% and a clear second place, while Hastings-Little managed 17%. Brown's share of the vote collapsed to only 2%.


1946 Down by-election, Result
At the 1950 general election, all remaining multi-member constituencies were abolished. Down was divided into North Down and South Down. Mullan chose to stand down and pursued his career as a solicitor. Donnelly was elected MP for Pembrokeshire in 1950 and enjoyed a colourful career, eventually joining the Conservative Party.


1946 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1946 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. Ralph Chase was the team's head coach.


1946 Drexel Dragons football team
On October 26, Drexel played at Delaware in the last game to be played at Frazer Field.


1946 Drexel Dragons football team
On November 9, Drexel was scheduled to play against Dickinson, however Dickinson was unable to play because a bus which had all of the team's equipment was erroneously sent to Pittsburgh. The error was discovered by the Dickinson football manager after the bus had left, and the bus was not flagged down until it had already reached Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. By that time, the bus would be unable to reach Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the game was to be played, in time. As a crowd of 2,000 fans awaited the game, Drexel attempted to outfit the Dickinson team with their spare equipment, however was unable to do so due to a lack of pads. The game was canceled by mutual agreement.


1946 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1946 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Duke Blue Devils football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Blue Devils were selected.


1946 Dutch general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 17 May 1946, the first after World War II. The Catholic People's Party, a continuation of the pre-war Roman Catholic State Party, remained the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 32 of the 100 seats.


1946 Dutch general election
Following the elections, the Catholic People's Party formed a grand coalition government with the Labour Party.


1946 Dutch general election, Results
Indicated changes in seats are compared to the Schermerhorn-Drees cabinet appointed by Queen Wilhelmina after World War II.


1946 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1946 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Johnson, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.


1946 Edmonton municipal election
The 1946 municipal election was held November 6, 1946 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.


1946 Edmonton municipal election
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James McCrie Douglas, John Munro, John Gillies, and Charles Gariepy were all elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Ethel Browne (SS) had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned due to ill health; accordingly, Harold Tanner (SS) was elected to a one-year term.


1946 Edmonton municipal election
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth (SS), E S Haynes, and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Albert Ottewell (SS) had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had died; accordingly, Andrew Stewart was elected to a one-year term.


1946 Edmonton municipal election
On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing. William Wilde (SS) had been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned; accordingly, newcomer Weldon Bateman (SS) was acclaimed to a one-year term.


1946 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 24,919 ballots cast out of 73,852 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.7%.


1946 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Adrian Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, James O'Hara, and Weldon Bateman (SS) were acclaimed.


1946 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Daylight Saving Plebiscite
Are you in favour of Daylight Saving Time being put into operation in the City of Edmonton from a date in the month of April to a date in the month in September?


1946 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and University of Tokyo LB won the championship.


1946 Emperor's Cup Final
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1946 Emperor's Cup Final
1946 Emperor's Cup Final was the 26th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at University of Tokyo Goten-Shita Stadium in Tokyo on May 5, 1946. University of Tokyo LB won the championship.


1946 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
University of Tokyo LB won the championship, by defeating Kobe University of Economics Club 6–2.


1946 English Greyhound Derby
The 1946 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 29 June 1946 at White City Stadium. The winner Mondays News received a first prize of £1,000.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
7, 1½, ¾, 5, 3 (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1927-1950 one length was equal to 0.06 of one second but race times are shown as 0.08 as per modern day calculations.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
The eight first round heats were watched by 50,000 and featured all of the leading names. The ante-post favourite Bah's Choice was an English-bred greyhound trained by Bob Burls, he won the Wood Lane Stakes at White City undefeated recording 29.47sec, 29.50sec, and 29.48sec. Just two days later, he clocked 29.04sec to set a new 525 yards world and track record at Wembley defeating Magic Bohemian by six lengths. On 6 June 1946, at White City in a Derby trial, he clocked a then astonishing 28.99sec to become the first dog in the world to break 29 seconds over the 525 yards. His campaign started badly because he finished second to Welsh Greyhound Derby champion Shaggy Lass.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Irish star Quare Times took a seven length victory in 29.22. He had finished second to Shaggy Lad in the 1945 Irish Puppy Derby. Then, in the second round of the National Puppy Cup at Clonmel, he clocked 29.75sec to set a new track record. In the final of the 1946 Easter Cup at Shelbourne Park, he was second to the bitch Astra, having previously beaten her in the second round by six lengths. Coming to England in May 1946 after his Easter Cup run, Quare Times was placed with Sidney Orton at Wimbledon Stadium for the Derby.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Mondays News was available at 200-1 for the Derby and was trained by Fred Farey, a private trainer at Shenfield, in Essex and owned by D.T. Stewart; he had lowered the long standing Southend Stadium track record, clocking 28.22sec for the 500 yards course and beat Bah's Choice in the 1946 May Stakes at Wembley. Farey had run a successful catering business before the war and had given it up to become a full time trainer in 1943.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Mott's Regret was the leading first round elimination going out in the final heat. In round two Quare Times clocked a new world record time of 28.95sec and Bahs Choice backed again to 4-6f was slow away but came from behind to win in 29.22. Irish Greyhound Derby champion Lilacs Luck also progressed into the semi-finals along with Celtic Chief a 1945 English Greyhound Derby finalist.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
The first semi-final resulted in a win for Mondays News with Plucky Hero and Lilacs Luck claimed final places. The second semi-final paired both Quare Times (4-5) and Bahs Choice (5-2) and they encountered considerable crowding which left them behind the pace. Bah's Choice recovered well but it was too late because Pall Mall Stakes and Golden Crest champion Shannon Shore, Celtic Chief and Dante II had all passed the line.


1946 English Greyhound Derby, Review
The final was run under floodlights for the first time, Mondays News broke well moving to the rails from trap three and Lilacs Luck was challenging but moved wide at the first interfering with Dante II and Shannon Shore. Mondays News stretched his lead with Plucky Hero and Celtic Chief taking second and third place after missing the trouble. Lilacs Luck finished very strongly to claim second but was seven lengths behind the winner who recorded 29.24, the fastest ever time for a final. In the Derby Consolation Stakes, however, Quare Times won by four lengths from Bah's Choice in 28.82sec to improve on his own world record.


1946 English cricket season
1946 was the 47th season of County Championship cricket in England. It was the first full season of first-class cricket to be played in England after World War II. It featured a three-match Test series between England and India, which was arranged at short notice. Yorkshire retained the County Championship title, having been the last pre-war champions in 1939. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1947 edition), in its review of the 1946 season, remarked that "the weather in 1946 might have been dreadful, but it didn't stop the crowds flocking to games".


1946 English cricket season, Test series
England managed to arrange a three-match series against India, whose team was captained by former England player Iftikhar Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi and included Vinoo Mankad, Vijay Merchant and future Pakistan captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar. Mankad was named by Wisden as one of its "Five Cricketers of the Year" in the 1947 edition.


1946 English cricket season, Test series
England won the First Test thanks to Alec Bedser's 11 wickets on his debut. The Second Test was drawn after India's last two batsmen held out for the final 13 minutes with England well ahead, Bedser again having taken 11 wickets in the match. The Third Test was also drawn after being ruined by persistent rain.


1946 Estonian SSR Football Championship
The 1946 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Baltic Fleet Tallinn.


1946 European Athletics Championships
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.


1946 European Athletics Championships
Two of the women's medalists from France underwent sex change later. Claire Brésolles became Pierre Brésolles, and Léa Caurla became Léon Caurla.


1946 European Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 354 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 353 as published.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres track walk
The men's 10,000 metres track walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres track walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 and 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Results
It is reported that the event was held on a short course measuring only 40.1 kilometres. Therefore, the winning time is no new championship record.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946. Although the existence of this event is up for debate.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 metres hurdles
The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.


1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1946 European Wrestling Championships
The 1946 European Wrestling Championships were held in 20–22 October 1946 Stockholm, Sweden. The competitions were held only in freestyle wrestling.


1946 FA Cup Final
The 1946 FA Cup Final was the 65th final of the FA Cup, and the first after World War II. It took place on 27 April 1946 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Derby County and Charlton Athletic.


1946 FA Cup Final
Derby won the match 4–1 after extra time. Charlton's Bert Turner scored an own goal and then scored for his own team, thus becoming the first player to score for both sides in an FA Cup Final. Goals from Peter Doherty and Jackie Stamps (2) in the extra-time period gave Derby their first, and so far only, FA Cup triumph.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The game was goalless until the 85th minute, when a cross from the right was punched out by goalkeeper Sam Bartram, but it went straight to Dally Duncan who shot goalwards; Bert Turner tried to kick the ball clear, but only managed to deflect the ball into his own net.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
In the next minute, Turner scored for his own side when he took a free-kick from the edge of the Rams’ penalty area and, although goalkeeper Vic Woodley appeared to have the shot well covered, the ball struck a Derby player and was deflected past Woodley into the opposite corner of the net to which he was diving.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
Turner thus became the first player to score for both sides in an FA Cup Final, subsequently repeated by Tommy Hutchison in 1981 and Gary Mabbutt in 1987. At the age of 36 years 312 days, Turner also became the oldest player to score in an FA Cup Final.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The match finished level after 90 minutes, but, in extra time, Derby County scored three goals to win the match 4–1.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
When Stamps shot for goal in the closing minutes of normal time, the ball burst en route. Stamps went on to score twice with the new ball as Derby beat Charlton Athletic 4–1. A week earlier, when the same sides had met in the League, the match ball had also burst.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The players in the 1946 Cup final were awarded two medals each. Due to a shortage of gold following the Second World War, the two teams were initially presented with bronze medals (winners and runners-up) on the day, and subsequently awarded the proper gold versions when gold became more readily available later that year.


1946 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The last surviving player from the game, Derby's Reg Harrison, died on 17 September 2020.


1946 Faroese general election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 8 November 1946. The People's Party remained the largest party in the Løgting, winning 8 of the 20 seats.


1946 Faroese independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, on 14 September 1946. Although a narrow majority of valid votes were cast in favour of the proposal (50.7%), the number of invalid votes exceeded the winning margin. Although independence was declared by the Speaker of the Løgting on 18 September 1946, the declaration was not recognised by Denmark. Danish King Christian X dissolved the Løgting and called fresh elections, which were won by unionist parties. The islands were subsequently given a greater level of self-rule.


1946 Faroese independence referendum, Aftermath
The result – without taking the invalid votes into regard – was 50.73% in favour of full independence to 49.27% in favour of home rule within Denmark.


1946 Faroese independence referendum, Aftermath
However, there were 4.1% invalid votes, mostly voters who rejected both proposals. Some politicians from the People's Party had suggested that a third option of a sovereign Faroe Islands within a union with Denmark should be on the ballot (similar to the status the Kingdom of Iceland had 1918–44), but since this proposal was not put on the ballot, they suggested that voters write 'no' to the first proposal the ballot instead of choosing either alternative, while some Social Democrats in favour of keeping the status quo recommended writing 'no' to the second proposal.


1946 Faroese independence referendum, Aftermath
Subsequently, there was disunion about the interpretation of the result, as there was no full majority for either proposal; only a slight plurality for option 2, the full independence.


1946 Faroese independence referendum, Aftermath
The chairman of the Løgting subsequently declared independence on 18 September 1946, but this was not recognised either by a majority of the Løgting or the Danish parliament and government. King Christian X of Denmark dissolved the Løgting on 24 September and called for new elections. The dissolution of the Løgting was on 8 November followed by the Faroese parliamentary election of 1946 in which the parties in favour of full independence received a total of 5,396 votes while the parties against received a total of 7,488 votes. New negotiations followed, and Denmark granted the Faroe Islands home-rule on 30 March 1948.


1946 Finnish presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Finland in 1946. In 1944 the Parliament had passed a law that enabled Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim to serve a six-year term. However, he resigned on 4 March 1946, giving as his reason his declining health and his view that the tasks he had been selected to carry out had been accomplished. An election was held in Parliament to appoint his successor. Juho Kusti Paasikivi was elected with 159 of the 200 votes.


1946 Finnish presidential election
Mannerheim had suffered from poor health since 1945, and he had vacationed abroad (chiefly in Portugal) from November 1945 to January 1946. He had been concerned about the possibility of being indicted for abusing his office as the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish army when approving of Finland's participation in the Continuation War (1941–1944) against the Soviet Union, and in an informal military alliance with Germany.


1946 Finnish presidential election
He was not indicted, but eight leading wartime Finnish politicians were, and Mannerheim stayed abroad, mainly in Portugal, and on sick leave in the Red Cross's hospital in Helsinki from November 1945 to March 1946, to remain on the political background during the "war guilt" trial. Paasikivi was regarded by many Finnish politicians as the only realistic successor of Mannerheim, given his long diplomatic and foreign policy experience.


1946 Finnish presidential election
Because many Karelian refugees would not yet have been able to vote in regular Finnish presidential elections until the autumn of 1946, due to their frequent changes of home town, the Finnish Parliament decided to pass an exceptional law to elect the new President. Former President K.J. Ståhlberg was not an official presidential candidate, but he received 14 sympathy votes in these presidential elections, because a few Finnish parliamentarians respected his preference for regular presidential elections (see, for example, Lauri Haataja, "A Reconstructing Finland" / Jälleenrakentava Suomi, pgs. 746, 748, 754-759, 762-768, in Seppo Zetterberg et al., eds., A Small Giant of the Finnish History / Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen. Helsinki:  WSOY, 2003;  Pentti Virrankoski, A History of Finland / Suomen historia, volumes 1&2. Helsinki:  Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura), 2009, pgs. 933-934, 937-939, 941;  Sakari Virkkunen, Finland's Presidents II / Suomen presidentit II. Helsinki:  Otava Ltd., 1994).


1946 Florida Gators football team
The 1946 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1946 college football season. The season was Raymond Wolf's first of four as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Wolf's first Gators squad was composed mostly of college freshmen and returning World War II veterans who had not played football in several years. The winless 0–9 season was also the worst win–loss record in the history of Gators football to date, surpassing the winless 0–5 record of the overmatched 1916 Gators. Wolf's 1946 Florida Gators finished 0–5 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing last of 12 SEC teams. Despite the winless record, the Gators developed the seventh best passing attack in the nation, with end Broughton Williams leading the nation in receiving. Harold Griffin led the nation in punt return average.


1946 Florida Gators football team
The 1946 season was at the center of a school record 13-game losing streak which stretched from the last game of the 1945 campaign until the fourth contest of 1947. The players on these squads dubbed their time at Florida the "Golden Era", and members of the "Golden Era Gang" regularly held reunions and raised funds for scholarships and facilities improvements at UF for many subsequent years. Players on these teams included future Florida attorney general James W. Kynes and College Football Hall of Fame coach Marcelino Huerta.


1946 Florida hurricane
The 1946 Florida hurricane also known as the 1946 Tampa Bay hurricane was the last hurricane to make direct landfall in the Tampa Bay Area of the U.S. state of Florida to date. Forming on October 5 from the complex interactions of several weather systems over the southern Caribbean Sea, the storm rapidly strengthened before striking western Cuba. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, it peaked with winds corresponding to Category 2 status on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale; however, it quickly weakened before approaching Florida. It made landfall south of St. Petersburg and continued to weaken as it proceeded inland. Its remnants persisted for several days longer.


1946 Florida hurricane
In advance of the storm, preparations were taken along threatened areas of coastal Florida (mainly the Tampa Bay Area), including the evacuation of thousands of residents. Damage was extensive in Cuba, and five people were killed there, making it the only killer tropical cyclone of the 1946 Atlantic hurricane season. The cyclone's effects in the United States were minor to moderate, and the most significant impact was to citrus crops. No deaths occurred in the country, although high tides caused some flooding of low-lying terrain. The cyclone's structure was extensively observed and investigated.


1946 Florida hurricane, Meteorological history
At the end of September 1946, the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the Eastern Pacific moved north of its typical position. An associated weather disturbance moved over Central America and interacted with a surface low-pressure area over Guatemala. Meanwhile, a broad high-pressure area moved over the United States behind an intense storm that moved eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. Connected to the cyclone was a shear line stretching from Bermuda to the Caribbean Sea, which spawned an upper-level low over open waters. It moved westward on October 4, and by the next day it was located over the Southeastern United States. The feature over Guatemala began moving toward the northeast as the upper-level low approached and began deepening. Modern-day analysis estimates that the system became a tropical storm early on October 5, shortly after emerging into the Caribbean.


1946 Florida hurricane, Meteorological history
The storm moved slowly northeastward, steadily intensifying. On October 6, it attained maximum sustained winds corresponding to Category 1 status on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. It began accelerating as it curved northward, and on October 7, the hurricane crossed extreme western Cuba with sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (145 km/h) and a central pressure of 977 millibars (28.85 inHg). As it emerged into the Gulf of Mexico, the cyclone peaked with winds of 100 mph (161 km/h), equivalent to low-end Category 2 status, on October 7.


1946 Florida hurricane, Meteorological history
It only held its peak intensity for six hours, after which a minimum barometric pressure of 979 mb (28.91 inHg) was recorded, the lowest known air pressure in relation to the storm. The rapid deepening of the storm was described as "difficult to account for," and the conditions that caused it—as well as those that led to its dissipation—"may be regarded as extraordinary."


1946 Florida hurricane, Meteorological history
Immediately after peaking in severity, the storm weakened quickly: after skirting the Dry Tortugas in the lower Florida Keys, it moved ashore early on October 8 near Cortez, near Bradenton—just south of St. Petersburg—with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h). Cortez measured a pressure of 980 mb (28.94 inHg) as the calm eye of the hurricane passed overhead. The storm deteriorated into a tropical storm as it proceeded inland, and further into an extratropical cyclone with gale-force winds on October 9. Its remnants emerged from the coast of North Carolina into the Atlantic and curved southeastward, then bending westward again before dissipating on October 14.


1946 Florida hurricane, Preparations and impact
Hurricane warnings were issued for coastal areas of Florida, including the Florida Keys, the Tampa Bay area and the Panhandle. Storm advisories were also posted along the state's Atlantic coast, and portions of the Eastern Seaboard. They were discontinued on October 8, although small craft warnings remained in place along the Northeastern Coast. Pan American Airways canceled flights between Miami and Havana, Cuba, and also to Guatemala and Mérida, Yucatán. Small navy vessels were secured, while larger ships rode out the storm at sea. In the Key West neighborhood of Poinciana Plaza, 2,000 residents evacuated their homes.


1946 Florida hurricane, Preparations and impact
Emergency shelters in the area were opened, and local business slowed considerably with the exception of a few grocery stores selling emergency supplies. Schools closed as windowswere boarded up on houses and businesses. Throughout its course, the hurricane was heavily observed and investigated, resulting in an abundance of information that provided a more comprehensive understanding of a tropical cyclone's vertical structure. It was profiled in detail in a Monthly Weather Review article by R. H. Simpson, titled "A Note on the Movement and Structure of the Florida Hurricane of October 1946".


1946 Florida hurricane, Preparations and impact
The hurricane's passage across western Cuba was accompanied by wind gusts of 112 mph (180 km/h). Sugar cane crops there were destroyed, cutting supplies to the United States by several tons. Towns lost communication with outside areas due to the hurricane,  and reports indicate that five people in the country were killed.


1946 Florida hurricane, Preparations and impact
Prior to the storm's arrival in Florida, its outer fringes caused gusty winds and torrential rainfall, causing some minor freshwater flooding of streets. The cyclone also spawned a tornado which struck the city of Tampa and inflicted minor damage. Sustained five-minute winds reached 80 mph (129 km/h) at the Dry Tortugas. Tides along the shore ran up to 9.5 ft (2.9 m) above-normal, and rainfall amounted to over 6 in (150 mm) at Ocala. Winds in the United States were not extreme; the storm's impact was considered relatively minor. Properties incurred around $200,000 in damage, primarily from high tides.


1946 Florida hurricane, Preparations and impact
Flooding up to 3 ft (0.91 m) deep occurred in Everglades, Punta Gorda, and Fort Myers, as well as other low-lying locations. Wharves, piers and warehouses sustained some damage, while sporadic power outages were reported. Citrus farms suffered fairly severe damage, accounting for as much as 2% of the total crop and $5 million in losses. No fatalities were reported in the state. Further north, in southeastern Georgia, gusty winds blew in relation to the storm.


1946 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1946 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1946 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine as well as Soviet Group 3, a predecessor of the Soviet Second League.


1946 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
It was the first republican league competition following the World War II, a record of which has been preserved. The top 2 from each group also qualified for the 1947 Vtoraya Gruppa, Zone Ukraine.


1946 Fordham Rams football team
The 1946 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1946 college football season.


1946 French Championships (tennis)
The 1946 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 18 July until 28 July. It was the 50th staging of the French Championships and the first one held after a six-year hiatus due to World War II. In 1946 and 1947 the French Championships were held after Wimbledon and were thus the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Marcel Bernard and Margaret Osborne won the singles titles.


1946 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Singles
Marcel Bernard defeated  Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3


1946 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Marcel Bernard /  Yvon Petra defeated  Enrique Morea /  Pancho Segura  7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 1–6, 10–8


1946 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Louise Brough  /  Margaret Osborne defeated  Pauline Betz /  Doris Hart 6–4, 0–6, 6–1


1946 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Pauline Betz /  Budge Patty defeated  Dorothy Bundy  /  Tom Brown  7–5, 9–7


1946 French Championships – Men's Singles
Marcel Bernard defeated Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1946 French Championships.


1946 French Championships – Women's Singles
Second-seeded Margaret Osborne defeated first-seeded Pauline Betz 1–6, 8–6, 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1946 French Championships.


1946 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Osborne is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1946 French India Representative Assembly election
The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India was held on 15 December 1946 to constitute the First Representative Assembly of French India. The election included Pondichéry (with 22 seats), Karaikal (12 seats), Chandernagor (5 seats), Mahé (3 seats) and Yanaon (2 seats). The election was won by the National Democratic Front of Deiva Zivarattinam, that won 30 out of 44 seats.


1946 French India municipal election
Elections to municipal councils in the 22 municipalities of French India were held by universal direct suffrage on June 23, 1946. The National Democratic Front captured power in all 22 municipalities, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for election. Kamal Ghosh, a National Democratic Front leader, became mayor of Chandernagore.


1946 French Somaliland legislative election
Representative Council elections were held in French Somaliland in March 1946.


1946 French Somaliland legislative election, Electoral system
The 20 member council was elected in two colleges, each of which elected ten members. The first college had six seats directly elected by French citizens, whilst the second college had six seats directly elected seats, with Somalis, Afars and Arabs each electing two members.


1946 French Somaliland legislative election, Electoral system
The remaining four seats in each college were appointed by the governor; three members chosen by the Governor from a list of nine candidates presented by the Chamber of Commerce, and one member chosen by the governor from a list of three presented by Unions.


1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election
Representative Assembly elections were held in French Togoland on 8 December 1946.


1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election, Background
The Representative Assembly had been created by decree on 25 October 1946 in line with Article 77 of the French constitution.


1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election, Electoral system
The 30 members of the Representative Assembly were elected by two colleges; the first college consisted of French citizens and elected six seats, whilst the second college (non-citizens) elected 24.


1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election, Results, Elected members
Nicolas Grunitzky was the sole elected member for the Togolese Party of Progress.


1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Sylvanus Olympio was elected President of the Assembly. On 23 December the Assembly elected Jonathan Savi de Tové as Togoland's member of the French Union Council.


1946 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1946 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by eighth-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 2–2 CCAA). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 177–129 for the season.


1946 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Fresno State Bulldog players finished their college career in 1946, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1946 Furman Purple Hurricane football team
The 1946 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Smith, Furman compiled a 2–8 record.


1946 Gator Bowl
The 1946 Gator Bowl was the first inaugural game and it featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the South Carolina Gamecocks, both from the Southern Conference. It was one of only two bowl rematches of a regular season game that ended in a tie.


1946 Gator Bowl, Background
This was the first bowl game appearance for either team. The two had played earlier in the season (November 22nd) in Charlotte, ending in a tie, 13–13. Wake Forest had finished 4–0–1 down the stretch, while South Carolina was 2–3–3, but were still invited to play.


1946 Gator Bowl, Game summary
Nick Sacrinty scored for Wake Forest on a touchdown run to give them a 6–0 lead in the first quarter. South Carolina responded with a Bobby Giles touchdown run to have a 7–6 halftime lead. But Wake Forest would score three straight running touchdowns with two Dick Brinkley touchdowns and a Bob Smathers touchdown to have a 26–7 lead. South Carolina would have a touchdown late on an interception return, but Wake Forest held on to win with the run game being their strong suit, with 378 of their 396 yards being on the run, outgaining the Gamecocks.


1946 Gator Bowl, Aftermath
Wake Forest has not played in the Gator Bowl since this game, and they would have to wait until the 1992 Independence Bowl for their next bowl win. South Carolina would not win a bowl game until the 1995 Carquest Bowl (January), on their ninth bowl appearance, with four being in Jacksonville.


1946 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1946 Gent–Wevelgem was the eighth edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 26 May 1946. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Ernest Sterckx.


1946 George Washington Colonials football team
The 1946 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as part of the Southern Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Skip Stahley, the team compiled a 4–3 record (1–1 in the SoCon).


1946 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 1946 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Jack Hagerty, the Hoyas compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 115 to 97. The team played its home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.


1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1946 college football season. The Williamson System, an NCAA-designated major selector, named the Bulldogs as national champion. The final AP Poll, issued before bowl season, ranked the Bulldogs #3.


1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bulldogs were selected.


1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Yellow Jackets were selected.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Ellis Arnall was term-limited, and ineligible to run for a second term.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with only token opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. The Republican Party was utterly unviable in Georgia at the time, and had not even nominated a candidate of its own.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election
The election was won by the Democratic nominee and former Governor Eugene Talmadge, who died weeks later in mid-December, before his scheduled inauguration in January 1947. Talmadge's death created the Three Governors controversy in Georgia.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on July 17, 1946. As Talmadge won a majority of county unit votes, there was no run-off.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, General election
However, from October 3, Talmadge began to suffer from stomach haemorrhages and was unable to attend the state convention in October in Macon.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, General election
Political organisations in Georgia's Democratic politics made preparations for the possibility of Talmadge's death by organising write-in votes for other candidates. Notably, 77 write-in votes were received for Herman Talmadge from his home county of Telfair County, probably the result of electoral fraud.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Aftermath
On December 21, 1946, Talmadge died before taking office. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such a situation, so three men made claims to the governorship: Ellis Arnall, the outgoing governor; Melvin E. Thompson, the lieutenant governor-elect; and Herman Talmadge, Eugene Talmadge's son.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Thompson wanted the General Assembly to certify the election returns before addressing the issue of who should be governor. Once the certification was done, Thompson would have a stronger claim, as he would officially be the Lieutenant Governor-elect, but Talmadge's forces were successful in postponing the certification. The state constitution suggested that in the circumstances, the Assembly could choose between the top two candidates still living. On January 15, 1947, the General Assembly elected Herman Talmadge as governor.


1946 Georgia gubernatorial election, Aftermath
The state's highest court, the Supreme Court of Georgia, ruled in March 1947 that the legislature had violated the state constitution by electing Talmadge governor and that Thompson should serve as governor until the next general election in November 1948. The court directed that in November 1948 there would be a special election at which voters would choose someone to complete Eugene Talmadge's term.


1946 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1946 German Ice Hockey Championship consisted of two championships, the Bizone Championship and the German Championship. Both championships were unofficial, and there is no official German champion for 1946.


1946 Giro d'Italia
The 1946 Giro d'Italia was the 29th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 June in Milan with a stage that stretched 185 km (115 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 July after a 176 km (109 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,039.5 km (1,889 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Gino Bartali of the Legnano team, with fellow Italians Fausto Coppi and Vito Ortelli coming in second and third respectively.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The 1946 Giro d'Italia was contested by seven teams and six groups. Each team consisted of seven riders, while each group was made up of four cyclists. This made the starting peloton total 79 riders. Nearly half of the riders were starting their first edition of the Giro. Of the riders that began the race, only 40 were able to complete the race. Joseph Magnani became the first American, and by the virtue North American, to compete in the Giro. The peloton was entirely Italian as Italy was technically still at war with most other countries.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Participants
After having ridden together on Legnano at the last Giro and until World War II halted professional cycling in Italy, Fausto Coppi (Bianchi) and Gino Bartali (Legnano) entered the Giro now on different teams. Coppi started the season in great form and won the Milan–San Remo by over fourteen minutes after riding nearly the whole race alone. Tensions between the two riders elevated after May's Züri-Metzgete, where Bartali asked Coppi to help him to the finish and, if so, he would not contest the race to the line.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Coppi agreed, but Bartali attacked as Coppi adjusted his toe straps and won the race, angering Coppi. Together, they were seen as favorites to win the race. Mario Ricci, Adolfo Leoni, Aldo Bini, and Glauco Servadei also received consideration as riders to win the opening stage. Vito Ortelli was another other main contenders for the race win. In interview with the Unione Velocipedistica Italiana president Borroni, Bartali stated that he only wanted to ride the Giro in order to get granted permission to ride the Tour de Suisse. Fermo Camellini and Oreste Conte received attention as threats to win the race. A notable exclusion was Fiorenzo Magni who was not allowed to participate due to a suspension by the UVI.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The Italian Cycling Federation announced on 7 December 1945 that several of bike races would be return the following season including the likes of the Giro, Giro di Lombardia, Milan–San Remo, and more. The significance of the restart was noted by a l'Unità writer who wrote: "... this Giro makes the idea of unity of our nation concrete..." The paper even took to referring it as the Giro della Rinascita (English: Tour of Rebirth). Cities in Italy submitted requests to be hosts for the stages of the Giro by 28 January 1946.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
As planning started, there were problems that arose: as the bombing from the war had destroyed bridges and roads significantly. The damages to the railroad system and the southern roads in particular, limited the Giro to the land north of Naples. A main concern of race organizers was the date of the Italian elections, which was announced to be on 2 June by the Council of Ministers. To avoid overlapping with the election, on 13 March the event was announced, and that it would start on 15 June and end on 7 July.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route was fully revealed on 11 April. The route was viewed to be largely symbolic in nature as it visited sites that were related to events from the First and Second World Wars like Trento, Bassano del Grappa, and Piave. Pope Pius XII wrote to La Gazzetta dello Sport and mentioned he would offer an audience if the race were to pass through Rome, which the organizers obliged and the riders had the opportunity to meet the Pope.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The day before the race started, organizers announced the stage from Rovigo to the Allied controlled Trieste could not finish in Trieste and its finish would be moved to Vittorio Veneto. Trieste was then under British and American control as Italy and Yugoslavia disputed the land. This decision caused controversy both within Trieste and across Italy and the government soon began to negotiate for a finish in Trieste. After the race had started, on 22 June, the Allied Military Command announced that the originally planned finish in Trieste would be allowed.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The twelfth leg of the race started at 6:25 AM local time. British radio (A.I.S.) stated that a large trunk was placed on the road two kilometers after Pieris, on the border of Venezia Giulia. Stones were thrown at the riders and the local polic followed the race and dispersed the crowds. Shots were fired and the police responded, which led to people hiding in the bushes shooting upon the police and them retaliating until the crowd and the shooters dispersed.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The cyclists met to determine if they would still ride, some rode to Udine, while others rode to Miramare reached the Montebello race course by bicycle. The race jury released a statement stated that an unexpected event happened where stones were thrown at riders, along with nails and other obstacles being placed in the road. The same time was awarded to all the riders. After a long pause in action, the riders continued to race to Trieste's finish, in the Montebello hippodrome for the stage victory. The start of the stage from Udine to Auronzo was moved to Tuesday. Trieste's Giro d'Italia committee announced that no riders had been seriously injured. Marangonni and Pasquini had abrasions and could continue racing.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. A similar classification to the general classification was the "aggruppati" classification which was calculated in the same fashion as the general classification, but it was excluse to the riders competing from groups rather than teams.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner. If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There was a black jersey (maglia nera) awarded to the rider placed last in the general classification. The classification was calculated in the same manner as the general classification.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1946 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Bartali after the victory, stated "I had become Ginettaccio, but 'Giant of the Mountain' was a nickname no one would yet take away."


1946 Giro di Lombardia
The 1946 Giro di Lombardia, 40th edition of the race, was held on October 27, 1946, on a total route of 231 km. It was won for the first time, of the 4 consecutive, by Italian Fausto Coppi, reached the finish line with the time of 6h24 ' 30 "at an average of 36.047 km/h, preceding the compatriots Luigi Casola and Michele Motta.


1946 Giro di Lombardia
129 cyclists took off from Milan and 53 of them completed the race.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election
The seventeenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1946. It was preceded by the 1937 election and the 1940 and 1943 elections were postponed due to the Second World War. It was followed by the 1949 election.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Overview
Labour's comfortable majority on the council, including the aldermanic bench, remained unchanged.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Contested elections
Labour contested almost every seat on the council, with a significant proportion of candidates returned unopposed.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Contested elections
Of the eleven aldermen retiring at the end of their sixth year term, nine sought re-election while Rev William Saunders, a member for over thirty years, was deselected.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Labour retained their majority. In the Rhondda Valley, Labour withstood a Communist challenge This was the first county election for nine years as polling was reported as heavy in a number of wards, including the two contested wards at Pontypridd.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Barry
Dudley Howe had previously represented Cadoxton and gained the neighbouring Barry ward from Laour. However, Labour won Cadoxton for the first time against the new candidate.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Mountain Ash
The sitting member, the Hon. John Bruce (Ind) stood down and Labour gained the seat without a contest.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1946 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, all of which all of which were filled by Labour nominees despite the protestations of their opponents.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, By-elections, Barry Dock by-election
Labour lost the by-election held following the re-election of Dorothy Rees to the aldermanic bench. The Labour candidate had been elected following Rees's original election as alderman three years previously and at the recent election had unsuccessfully contested the neighbouring Barry ward.


1946 Glamorgan County Council election, By-elections, Port Talbot by-election
Joe Brown, former agent to Ramsay Macdonald when he was MP for Aberavon, failed to gain the Labour nomination and ran as an Independent.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
The Glasgow Bridgeton by-election was held on 29 August 1946, following the death of Independent Labour Party (ILP) Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton, James Maxton.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
The constituency had been held by Maxton since the 1922 general election. Until 1931, he had contested the seat as a member of the Labour Party, and although the two parties had then split, Maxton had not had to contest his seat against a Labour candidate. Maxton also had a considerable personal vote as the most prominent member of the ILP.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
The ILP had been in a gradual decline since leaving the Labour Party, and the death of Maxton opened the potential of a rupture in the ILP, many members of which were keen to rejoin Labour. The ILP had only two other Members of Parliament, so it attached a high importance to holding the seat. The party eventually nominated their Scottish Organising Secretary James Carmichael, a member of Glasgow City Council, for the seat.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
Labour hoped to gain the seat and stood John Wheatley, a local lawyer who had served during World War II - in contrast, the ILP had opposed the war.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
The Unionist Party had little chance of taking the seat, a strongly working class area, but the possibility of a split left vote could perhaps improve their hopes. The Scottish National Party, with little background in the constituency, stood a candidate in Wendy Wood.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
Guy Aldred, a well-known local anarcho-communist standing on an abstentionist platform, completed the candidates.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election
The Liberal Party were particularly weak in Glasgow, and opted not to contest the by-election.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, Results
The ILP narrowly held the seat, but suffered a collapse in their majority. In this era of many two- and three-party by-elections, to win with only 34.3% of the votes cast was exceptional - the lowest winning percentage share since the 1930 Bromley by-election. Much of the ILP vote transferred to the Labour candidate, who came a close second. With the left vote split, the Unionists were able to place a strong third with 21.6%, while the Scottish National Party also picked up votes in fourth place, collecting 13.9%. Even Aldred was able to claim one of his best results, taking 2.2% and last position.


1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, Results
The ILP victory only briefly delayed the party's decline. The following year, Carmichael followed the party's two other MPs into the Labour Party, and by the 1950 general election, the ILP was able to take only 5.8% of the vote in Bridgeton. Carmichael held the seat in his new party colours until his retirement in 1961, while Wheatley was elected in Edinburgh East the following year.


1946 Glasgow Cathcart by-election
The Glasgow Cathcart by-election of 1946 was held on 12 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death  of the incumbent Conservative MP, Francis Beattie. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Henderson.


1946 Gold Coast general election
General elections were held in the Gold Coast in June 1946. Constitutional amendments on 29 March 1946 enabled the colony to be the first in Africa to have a majority of black members in its legislature; of the Legislative Council's 32 members, 21 were black, including all 18 elected members. The first meeting of the Legislative Council was on 23 July 1946.


1946 Gold Coast general election, Background
A new constitution was promulgated by an Order in Council on 29 March 1946. The new Legislative Council would have 18 elected members and 14 nominated members, and for the first time would oversee the administration of the Ashanti Region, which had previously been directly ruled by the Governor. Five members would be popularly elected: two from Accra, and one each from Cape Coast, Kumasi and Sekondi. Although these towns had universal suffrage, candidates had to meet strict property requirements. The remainder would be elected in the provinces, by joint provincial councils, having previously been elected by provincial councils alone.


1946 Gold Coast general election, Background
The new constitution demanded elections within three months of its promulgation and the first meeting of the Council within four months.


1946 Gold Coast general election, Results
In the provinces, the Asante Confederacy Council elected two chiefs and two commoners, including I. K. Agyeman, while the Joint Provincial Council of Chiefs elected seven royals and two commoners: C. G. Baeta and J. B. Danquah. The two members elected in Accra were Frederick Nanka-Bruce and Akilagpa Sawyerr, both from the Accra Ratepayers' Association, while Charles William Tachie-Mension was elected in Takoradi. The governor nominated Robert Ben-Smith, E. E. Dadzie, Nii Amaa Ollennu, M. B. Taylor and H. W. Thomas.


1946 Goulburn state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Goulburn on 1 June 1946 because of the resignation of Jack Tully (Labor) to be appointed Agent-General for New South Wales in London.


1946 Governor General's Awards
The 1946 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eleventh rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone. The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1946 and were presented in 1947. There were no cash prizes.


1946 Governor General's Awards
The 1946 awards were announced on April 19, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario. As every year from 1942 to 1948, there two awards for non-fiction, and four awards in the three established categories, which recognized English-language works only.


1946 Governor General's Awards, Stephen Leacock Award
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, commonly called the Stephen Leacock Award, recognizes the previous year's best English-language book of humour by a Canadian writer. It was inaugurated for 1946 publications when the winner was announced along with the Governor General's Literary Awards in April 1947 although it was – and always has been – separately administered and presented. As of 2015 the Leacock Medal approximately maintains its original schedule (2015, for 2014 publications: winner announced online, May 13; Leacock ceremony, first weekend in June) Meanwhile, the ceremonial date of the Governor General's Literary Awards has advanced to November of the publication year.


1946 Governor General's Awards, Stephen Leacock Award
(That is the 1947 Leacock Award, after the year of announcement and presentation.)


1946 Grand National
The 1946 Grand National was the 100th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1946. It was the first true Aintree Grand National since 1940 due to World War II. It was the last Grand National to take place on a Friday, which had been the traditional day for the race since 1876.


1946 Grand National
The National was won by 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage, ridden by jockey Captain Robert Petre and trained by Tommy Rayson.


1946 Grand National
Thirty-four horses ran and all but one returned safely to the stables. Symbole fell at Becher's Brook, incurring a fatal cervical fracture.


1946 Grand Prix season
The 1946 Grand Prix season was the first post-war year for Grand Prix motor racing. It was notable for including the first ever race run to Formula One criteria, the 1946 Turin Grand Prix. There was no organised championship in 1946, although Raymond Sommer proved to be the most successful driver, winning five Grands Prix. Maserati's cars proved difficult to beat, winning 9 of the season's 20 Grand Prix races.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour
The 1946 Great Britain Lions tour was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team of Australia and New Zealand which took place between April and August 1946. The tour involved a schedule of 27 games: 20 in Australia including a three-test series against Australia for the Ashes, and a further 7 in New Zealand including one test match against New Zealand.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour
Captained by Gus Risman, the Lions returned home having won 21, drawn 1 and lost 5 of their games. The team lost the test match against New Zealand but in winning the Ashes against Australia 2–0 (with one match drawn) they became the only Great Britain team to date to be unbeaten in a Test series against Australia in Australia.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour
Despite being a British team – 11 of the squad were Welsh – the team played, and were often referred to by both the press at home and away, as England. The team became known by the nickname The Indomitables due to their travelling to Australia on-board the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour
The tour was the first major sporting series played abroad by a British side in any sport after the Second World War.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Background
In September 1945 the Australian Minister for External Affairs, H. V. Evatt issued an invitation to the Rugby Football League (RFL) to send a team to Australia during the summer of 1946. The RFL were at first unsure about accepting due to the state of the game in Britain after the war but after consulting with the clubs, the offer was accepted on a 19–4 vote in October 1945 subject to suitable travelling arrangements being made.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Background
The issue of transport to Australia almost resulted in the tour being cancelled; the travel arrangements were the responsibility of the Australian authorities who were unable to find passage on a commercial ship. As late as the beginning of March 1946 there was a likelihood that the tour would not go ahead. Eventually the Australian High Commission in London arranged transport on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable, the first time a rugby league team had travelled by warship.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Background
Travel to and from New Zealand was also an issue. Again the shortage of commercial shipping was the problem and in June the New Zealand leg of the tour was in jeopardy because of the unavailability of a ship back to Britain until the end of August. Arrangements were made for some of the squad to fly to Auckland from Sydney before the third test against Australia with the rest flying after the third test, and berths were found on the RMS Rangitiki.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Squad
On previous tours it had been the practice for every playing position to be duplicated in player selection to cover for injuries but this practice was not followed for this tour, with 15 backs and only 11 forwards selected, including five centres and only three prop-forwards. The 26 man squad was announced in March 1946. Appointed captain was Salford centre Gus Risman with  Widnes scrum-half Tommy McCue as vice-captain. Risman and McCue were the only members of the squad who had been on the previous tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1936. The tour was one of the first to use squad numbering rather than position numbering.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Squad
The team manager was W. Poppleton of Bramley and W. Gabbatt of Barrow was the business manager. W. Crockford of Hull Kingston Rovers represented the Rugby Football League Council, although he was not officially a member of the squad management and was paying his own way.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Squad
Following the announcement of the squad the Rugby Football League (RFL) entered into discussions with the War Office over leave of absence for White, Phillips and Ernie Ward as all three were still serving soldiers. Initially the War Office refused permission for White and Phillips, but following representations to the Secretary of State for War, Jack Lawson, the decision was overturned within 24 hours and permission given for the three to tour. Had permission not been granted the RFL had already identified replacements; R. Robson of Huddersfield for Phillips, E. Watkins of Wigan for White and S. Rookes of Hunslet for Ward.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Squad
Each player was paid 30/- shillings per week at sea and 50/- per week on land with their wives receiving £3 per week and 7/6 (seven shillings and six pence) per child.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Squad
The tour was also the first with an official press presence. Three British news reporters, Ernest Crawthorne of  the Manchester Evening News, Alfred Drewery of The Yorkshire Post and Eddie Waring of the Sunday Pictorial all accompanied the team on the voyage and around Australia and New Zealand. Once in Australia they were joined by Australian journalist, Harry Sunderland.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Schedule and results
The squad sailed from Devonport on 3 April 1946 and arrived in Fremantle on 30 April. Indomitable was supposed to continue to Sydney but for operational reasons the voyage was curtailed at Fremantle. The team as well as a large number of navy personnel and returning Australian and New Zealand soldiers were disembarked and travelled by train across Australia, leaving Fremantle on 8 May and arriving in Sydney on 12 May.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Schedule and results
Prior to leaving Fremantle the squad played an exhibition match, fulfilling a commitment made to the captain of the Indomitable during the voyage;  splitting into two teams, McCue's "Reds" beat Risman's "Blues" 24–5. A collection for naval charities raised £44 to which the RFL added £10/10.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Schedule and results
The third test was the final match of the Australian leg of the tour. To transfer to New Zealand it had been arranged for the team to fly, the size of the aircraft involved made it necessary for the party to travel by three separate flights from Rose Bay Water Airport on 22, 23 and 24 July.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Schedule and results
The team sailed for home on 14 August on-board RMS Rangitiki arriving at Tilbury on 24 September.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Ashes series, First test
The first test was played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 June 1946. Queues to get into the ground started the previous evening and by 7:30 am on the morning of the test the Australian authorities felt it necessary to open the gates to the ground several hours early and by 11:30 am the ground was full.


1946 Great Britain Lions tour, Ashes series, First test
The game kicked off as scheduled and England took an early lead as stand-off Willie Horne scored a try in only the third minute after picking up a wayward Australian pass close to the Australian line. Risman missed the conversion, the first of several misses in his kicking game during the match. Australian captain Joe Jorgenson kicked a penalty soon after to make the score 3–2 to England. The talking point of the match came after half an hour of the first half when England centre Jack Kitching was sent off for punching Jorgenson. Despite the dismissal England took a 6–2 lead when Frank Whitcombe scored a try just before half-time.