1946 SANFL season
The 1946 South Australian National Football League season was the 67th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1946 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1946 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1946 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 114 to 100. The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.


1946 SMU Mustangs football team
End Gene Wilson and guard Jim Sid Wright received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) on the 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team.


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


1946 Sagaing earthquakes
The 1946 Sagaing earthquakes (also known as the Wuntho earthquakes) struck central Burma at 15:17 local time on September 12. The first earthquake registered a magnitude of 8.0 Mw  and was followed-up by a 7.7 Mw  main shock. Both events remain some of the largest in the country since the 1762 Arakan earthquake.


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Both the mainshock and aftershock occurred along the Sagaing Fault; a continental transform fault boundary that links the Andaman Spreading Center to the south and the Main Himalayan Thrust to the north. It defines the boundary between the Burma Plate and Sunda Plate. The Sagaing Fault is the most active geological structure in the country and poses significant risks to major cities such as Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw. Another major tectonic feature in Myanmar is the Sunda Megathrust that runs off the coast of Western Myanmar and the Kabaw Fault that traces the foothills of the Arakan Mountains and Indo-Burman Range.


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Earthquake
The Mw  8.0 mainshock ruptured along the Sagaing Segment of the Sagaing Fault with an epicenter south of the Singu Plateau at a depth of 15.0 kilometers. It had a rupture length of approximately 185 kilometers. A second shock of magnitude Mw  7.8 came three minutes later and ruptured north of the first event for a length of 155 kilometers, its hypocenter was at a depth of 15.0 kilometers.


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Other events
Several major earthquakes have occurred along the Sagaing Fault close to the epicenter of the 1946 earthquakes:


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Other events
From observing the historical records of earthquakes, the years 1906 and 1908 saw two major events in the northernmost end of the Sagaing Fault. The 1906 Putao earthquake on August 31 had an estimated moment magnitude Mw  of 7.0, and the 1908 earthquake measured Mw  7.5. Coulomb stress transfer to the south from the 1905 quake triggered rupture of the fault in the stressed area in 1908.


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Other events
The 1908 earthquake resulted in the accumulation of stress towards the south, where the future 1931 quake would take place. Similarly, the 1946 earthquake rupture segments were directly south of the 1931 rupture. The first mainshock in the 1946 doublet sequence then triggered the second mainshock due to the sudden increase in stress levels on the fault.


1946 Sagaing earthquakes, Other events
Ten years later, an Mw  7.1 earthquake near Mandalay killed at least 40 people. That earthquake broke a segment south of the 1946 rupture. In 1991, a seismic gap between the two 1946 ruptures generated an Mw  7.0 earthquake, partially re-rupturing a small section of the 1946 quakes, killing two. Although the May and December 1930 earthquakes occurred during this active period, they were separate events, unrelated to the activity in the northern part. The December 1930 earthquake, however, was triggered due to stress transfer from the previous event in May.


1946 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla on 30 July 1946. The Workers' League won all the elected seats, with no party running against them.


1946 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general election, Electoral system
The Council had five elected members, with each island acting as a constituency; St Kitts returned three members, whilst Anguilla and Nevis returned one each. The right to vote was restricted to those over the age of 21 who had an income of at least £30 per annum, owned property with a value of at least £100, paid at least £12 of rent per year, or had paid at least 15 shillings of direct tax in the previous year.


1946 Saint Louis Billikens football team
The 1946 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1946 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–1 against MVC opponents), finished third in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 164 to 160. The team played its home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis.


1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
The 1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach James Phelan, the Gaels compiled a 6–3 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 229 to 160.


1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
The team was led on offense by Herman Wedemeyer who was selected by both the United Press and the Associated Press as a first-team halfback on the 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team. In 1979, Wedemeyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Gael was selected.


1946 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1946 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State College during the 1946 college football season.


1946 San Diego State Aztecs football team
San Diego State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by head coach Gander Terry in his first and only season with the Aztecs. They played home games at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California. The Aztecs finished the season with six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–3 CCAA). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 152–105 for the season.


1946 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Diego State players were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1946 San Francisco 49ers season was the inaugural season of the San Francisco 49ers and the first season of the All-America Football Conference. Led by head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 9–5 record and finished second in the AAFC West Division. The 49ers also had the second best scoring offense (307 points scored) in the AAFC.


1946 San Francisco 49ers season
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Frankie Albert with 1,404 passing yards, fullback Norm Standlee with 651 rushing yards, and end Alyn Beals with 586 receiving yards and 61 points scored.


1946 San Francisco 49ers season, Roster
Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.


1946 San Francisco Dons football team
The 1946 San Francisco Dons football team was an American football team that represented the University of San Francisco as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the Dons compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 162.


1946 San Francisco Dons football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Don was selected.


1946 San Francisco Seals season
The 1946 San Francisco Seals season was the 44th season in the history of the San Francisco Seals baseball team. The team compiled a 115–68 record and won the PCL pennant. Lefty O'Doul was in his 12th season as the team's manager. Playing its home games at Seals Stadium, the Seals led the PCL in attendance with paid admissions of 670,563, an increase of more than 240,000 over the prior year.


1946 San Francisco Seals season
In the Governor's Cup semi-final playoffs, the Seals swept the Hollywood Stars, four games to zero. In the finals, they defeated the Oakland Oaks, four games to two. With the victory over the Oaks, the Seals won their fourth consecutive Governor's Cup.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Pitchers
Pitcher Larry Jansen, an Oregon native, led the PCL with 30 wins, a 1.57 earned run average (ERA), an .833 winning percentage, and 31 complete games. He also tallied 171 strikeouts. Jansen joined the New York Giants in 1947 and remained with that club for eight seasons.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Pitchers
Cliff Melton was San Francisco's No. 2 pitcher, compiling a 17–12 record and a 2.83 ERA.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Position players
First baseman Ferris Fain, who grew up across the Bay in Oakland, California, led the PCL with 112 RBIs, compiled a .301 batting average, and led the Seals with 11 home runs and 117 runs scored. After the season, Fain was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics. Fain went on to play nine seasons in the majors from 1947 to 1955.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Position players
Second baseman Hugh Luby led the team in hits with 199. Luby was one of the most durable players in PCL history. He set a PCL record playing in 866 consecutive games with the Oakland Oaks between 1939 and 1943.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Position players
Vince DiMaggio, older brother of Joe DiMaggio who played 10 years in the majors from 1937 to 1946, appeared in 43 games for the Seals.


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Statistics, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1946 San Francisco Seals season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1946 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College during the 1946 college football season.


1946 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State and Southern Oregon joined the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1946, but their games did not count in the conference standings. The Gators were led by head coach Dick Boyle. Boyle was in the first year of his second stint as head coach of the team. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished with a record of three wins and three losses (3–3, 0–0 FWC). For the season the team outscored its opponents 71–60.


1946 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1946 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1946 college football season.


1946 San Jose State Spartans football team
San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Wilbur V. Hubbard, in his first year, and they played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season as Champion of the CCAA, with a record of nine wins and one loss and one tie (9–1–1, 4–0 CCAA). At the end of the season, the Spartans were invited to the second annual Raisin Bowl, played in Fresno, California vs. the Mountain States Conference co-champion, Utah State Agricultural Aggies. On January 1, 1947, San Jose State shut out Utah State 20–0. This was the first bowl appearance for San Jose State.


1946 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
The 1946 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara College during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
Santa Barbara competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). This was the first year of competition for Santa Barbara after a five-year hiatus for World War II. The team was led by second-year head coach Stan Williamson and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. The Gauchos finished the season with a record of two wins and six losses (2–6, 1–4 CCAA).


1946 Santa Barbara Gauchos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1946 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Len Casanova, the Broncos compiled a 2–5–1 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 181 to 112.


1946 Santos FC season
The 1946 season was the thirty-fifth season for Santos FC.


1946 Segunda División Peruana
The 1946 Segunda División Peruana, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer), was played by 8 teams. The tournament winner, Ciclista Lima was promoted to the Primera División Peruana 1947.


1946 Senegalese General Council election
General Council elections were held in Senegal in December 1946. The Socialist Republican Union won all 50 seats.


1946 Senegalese General Council election, Electoral system
Unlike other French colonies in Africa which used a dual college system, with French citizens electing part of the General Council and Africans electing the remainder, the Senegalese General Council was elected on a general roll.


1946 Siamese general election
General elections were held in Siam on 6 January 1946 to elect 96 of the 192 members of the House of Representatives. The other 96 members were appointed by the King. Voter turnout was 32.5%.


1946 Siamese general election
At the time there were no political parties, so all candidates ran as independents.


1946 Siamese general election, Aftermath
Following the promulgation of a new constitution later in 1946, the appointed seats were abolished and the number of elected seats expanded to 178. Elections were held in August 1946 to elect an additional 82 members and political parties were allowed to contest the elections for the first time. Supporters of Pridi Banomyong (Sahachip Party and the Constitutional Front) took 57 seats, the Democrat Party took 18 seats and seven seats went to unaffiliated representatives.


1946 Slovenian Republic League
The 1946 Slovenian Republic League was the 23rd season of the Slovenian Republic League and the first season as part of the country of SFR Yugoslavia. The league champions were Lendava.


1946 South American Basketball Championship for Women
The 1946 South American Basketball Championship for Women was the first edition and first regional tournament for women in South America. It was held in Santiago, Chile and won by Chile. Four teams competed.


1946 South American Basketball Championship for Women, Results
Each team played the other teams once, for a total of three games played by each team. The top three teams received medals.


1946 South American Championship
The nineteenth edition of the South American Championship in football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from January 12 to February 10. This tournament, an extra edition with no trophy handed to the winners, is considered official by CONMEBOL.


1946 South American Championship
The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.


1946 South American Championship, Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.


1946 South American Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for all 6 national teams that competed at the 1946 South American Championship.


1946 South American Championships in Athletics (unofficial)
The unofficial South American Championships in Athletics were held in the Chilean capital, Santiago, during April 1946. The event, entitled "II Campeonato Sudamericano Extraordinario Barón Pierre de Coubertin", was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.


1946 South Ayrshire by-election
The South Ayrshire by-election of 1946 was held on 7 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alexander Sloan. It was won by the Labour candidate Emrys Hughes, with a swing against his party of less than 1%.


1946 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1946 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 5–3 record.


1946 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Gamecocks players were selected.


1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Strom Thurmond won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 103rd governor of South Carolina.


1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1946 and ten candidates entered the contest. The race featured Governor Ransome Judson Williams, who became governor in 1945 upon the resignation of Olin D. Johnston, but it mainly became a contest between Strom Thurmond and James McLeod. Strom Thurmond was a World War II veteran and advocated a progressive platform whereas, James McLeod, a physician from Florence County, had the support of the "Barnwell Ring" and sought to maintain the status quo. Race was not an issue in the campaign and Strom Thurmond emerged victorious with the support of the returning veterans of World War II who wanted to reform South Carolina.


1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 5, 1946 and Strom Thurmond was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition on account of South Carolina's effective status as a one-party state. Being a non-presidential election and with few contested races, turnout was much lower than in the Democratic primary election.


1946 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1946 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1946 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Harry Gamage, the team compiled a 2–4 record (1–2 against NCC opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 106 to 38. The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.


1946 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 1946 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State University in the North Central Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Thurlo McCrady, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 76.


1946 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1946 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican Governor Merrell Q. Sharpe ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Attorney General George T. Mickelson. In the general election, Mickelson faced farmer Richard Haeder, the Democratic nominee. In part because of South Dakota's growing trend toward the Republican Party, and because of the national Republican landslide, Mickelson easily defeated Haeder, winning 67% of the vote to Haeder's 33%.


1946 South Korean legislative election
Elections to the Interim Legislative Assembly were held in South Korea in October 1946.


1946 South Korean legislative election, Background
The establishment of the South Korean Interim Legislative Assembly was announced by Archer L. Lerch of the United States Army Military Government on 1 July 1946. The Assembly was to replace the Democratic Council set up in February, and its purpose was to write draft laws, It would have 90 members; 45 elected and 45 appointed by Military Governor John R. Hodge.


1946 South Korean legislative election, Campaign
The Interim Legislative Assembly was unpopular with Koreans; the conservative Korea Democratic Party (KDP) opposed its existence due to many of its leaders being excluded. However, the party did participate in the elections, unlike the left-wing parties, which simply ignored it; the Communists, Syngman Rhee and Kim Koo all boycotted the elections.


1946 South Korean legislative election, Results
Several KDP leaders were elected in Seoul, but Kim Kyu-sik claimed that there had been electoral fraud in Seoul and Gangwon. As a result, Hodge annulled the results and the elections were re-run in the two areas.


1946 South Korean legislative election, Results
The majority of those elected were supporters of Rhee. Of the appointed members, one was from the KDP, one from National Society for the Rapid Realisation of Korean Independence and the remaining 43 were "moderates", including several former members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.


1946 South Korean legislative election, Aftermath
The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 12 December.


1946 South West African merger referendum
A referendum on becoming part of South Africa was held in South West Africa in May and June 1946. The referendum took the format of asking tribes  whether they wished to remain under South African rule. The number of people in the tribe was assigned to all having voted "yes" or "no" based on the return of a form to the government.


1946 South West African merger referendum
However, the United Nations rejected allowing the mandate to join the Union of South Africa, stating that "the African inhabitants of South West Africa have not yet secured political autonomy or reached a stage of political development enabling them to express a considered opinion which the Assembly could recognize on such an important decision as incorporation of their territory."


1946 South West African merger referendum, Form
The tribes were presented with a form by the government:


1946 South West African merger referendum, Form
We, the undersigned, Chiefs, Headmen or Board Members of the people of the [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] tribe, who live in the [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] Reserve in this mandated Territory of South West Africa, acting with full authority of the people of the tribe of the [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] Reserve, wish to say that we have heard the people of the world are talking about the administration of these countries such as ours and that the administration of these countries may be changed.


1946 South West African merger referendum, Form
We and our people wish the following matters to be known to the people of the world:(a) That our people have been happy and have prospered under the rule of the Government of the Union of South Africa and that we should like that Government to continue to rule us;(b) That we do not wish any other Government or people to rule us;(c) That we would like our country to become part of the Union of South Africa.


1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 28–March 2, 1946, at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils won their fifth Southern Conference title, led by head coach Gerry Gerard.


1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's sixteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1946 Southern Illinois Maroons football team
The 1946 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1946 college football season. Under seventh-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 4–4 record. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election
General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 25 April 1946, seven years after the previous elections in 1939, the term of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly having been extended so that there would be no general elections during World War II. The elections showed a strong shift to the right, as the United Party government led by Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins lost its overall majority; however, Huggins could count on the support of one of the factions of the Rhodesia Labour Party in any vote of confidence and therefore remained in office.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
During the war a number of changes to the franchise had been made. The arrival of large numbers of British citizens to train as pilots for the Royal Air Force from 1940 led to a sudden increase in the electorate. Many Rhodesians felt that the forces personnel ought not to have the vote, given that their presence in Rhodesia was transitory and they had no long-term commitment. Therefore, the Assembly passed the Electoral Amendment Act 1941 which disfranchised them. The Act also disfranchised British citizens from other dominions who were not prepared to make a declaration of willingness to serve in Southern Rhodesia's defence forces. A third provision of the Act was to extend a previous lifetime disqualification of those sentenced to imprisonment to those given suspended prison sentences.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
In the Civil Disabilities Act 1942, anyone convicted of treasonable or seditious practices, those who had deserted from or evaded service in the Army, or who were cashiered or dishonourably discharged, was disqualified from registration as a voter. To cope with the large number of Rhodesians serving away from the colony in the armed forces, the Active Service Voters Act 1943 permitted them to record their votes in a general election. They were permitted to vote for a political party rather than an individual candidate.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
There were no alterations to the boundaries of the electoral districts.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Political parties
The twists and turns within the Rhodesia Labour Party which led it to divide into two parties at this election are recounted in the article on the Rhodesia Labour Party.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Political parties
Jacob Smit, who had been an ally of Huggins in Reform Party days and previously served at the Ministry of Finance, went into opposition early in 1944. He joined a group of conservatives who were developing a new political party on the principles of economy in public spending, free enterprise, and seeking dominion status within the British Empire. Smit was soon appointed the Leader of this group, which named itself the Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Changes during the Assembly, Lomagundi
On 15 July 1946 an election petition from George Henry Hackwill in relation to the Lomagundi district was allowed. As a result, Patrick Archibald Wise was unseated, and Hackwill was declared elected.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Changes during the Assembly, Umtali North
Tom Ian Findlay Wilson resigned from the Assembly in September 1946. A byelection was held to replace him on 8 November 1946.


1946 Southern Rhodesian general election, Changes during the Assembly, Hartley
Thomas James Golding died on 2 August 1947. A byelection was held in his constituency on 26 September 1947.


1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
The 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–4 record.


1946 Soviet Cup
The 1946 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The whole competition was played in Moscow.


1946 Soviet First League
The Soviet First League (1936-91) was the second tier league of association football in the Soviet Union. In the 1946 season, VVS Moscow finished top of the Southern Group, and FC Pishchevik Moscow finished top of the Eastern Group. VVS won the two-leg playoff.


1946 Soviet First League, Play off
VVS - Pishchevik 3:2 1:0 (first game on September 18, second - September 22, all in Moscow)


1946 Soviet Top League
12 teams took part in the league with CSKA Moscow winning the championship.


1946 Soviet Union legislative election
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946. According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons. This election was the first in which a 1945 decree allowed members of the Red Army stationed outside the Soviet Union to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet in special 100,000-member districts, a practice which would continue for decades with the Red Army presence in the Eastern bloc.


1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections
State elections were held in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany on 20 October 1946 to elect the state legislatures of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. They were the only elections held in the future territory of East Germany before the establishment of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, and the only free and fair elections held in postwar East Germany before the Peaceful Revolution.


1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which was formed by the forced merger of the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party in the Soviet occupation zone, became the largest party but achieved an absolute majority in only one state. The SED was created in view of the holding of elections in the Soviet zone, as a first step for future political reforms.


1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections
In addition to the SED, three other parties participated; the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Peasants Mutual Aid Association (VdgB). Two other organizations participated but only in Saxony. The SED landslide victory was seen by Soviet authorities as a justification for the development of socialism in Eastern Germany. From then on, voters had to vote for or against a SED-controlled unity list. The next state elections were held in 1950, after the establishment of the German Democratic Republic.


1946 Speedway National League
The 1946 National League was the 12th season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain and the first post-war season.


1946 Speedway National League
The league had been abandoned seven years previously due to the outbreak of World War II. Record attendances were attracted with Wembley Lions attracting an average of 50,000 and the league as a whole a total of six and a half million. From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time.


1946 Speedway National League
On 6 July, a crowd of 34,0000 at Odsal Stadium witnessed Odsal Boomerangs lose to Belle Vue Aces. During the match Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld, son of Albert Rosenfeld hit the fence and was taken to St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, with a suspected fractured skull. He died 10 days later, on 16 July 1946.


1946 Speedway National League, National League Final table
On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Belle Vue Aces came out on top.


1946 Speedway National League, A.C.U. Cup Final table
Such was the dearth of new riders caused by the war that all of the top ten riders were established pre-war riders and none were below the age of 32.


1946 Speedway National League, National Trophy
The 1946 National Trophy was the tenth edition (if including the 1939 abandoned competition) or ninth edition (if not including) of the Knockout Cup. Teams from the lower 1946 Speedway Northern League competed in the event.


1946 Speedway National League, National Trophy, Final, Second leg
Belle Vue were National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 109–106.


1946 Speedway Northern League
The 1946 Northern League was a season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams in 1946. With a National League in place and no Southern counterpart, it was effectively a second tier.


1946 Speedway Northern League
Four of the six entrants were previously members of National League Division Two before war broke out. Glasgow and Birmingham were new entrants.


1946 Speedway Northern League
Middlesbrough Bears won their first trophy. The Bears only lost four league fixtures and had three riders in the leading averages; Frank Hodgson, Fred Curtis and Will Plant all contributed significantly during the season.


1946 Speedway Northern League
During a fixture on 7 October at Brough Park the Birmingham Brummies Canadian rider Charlie Appleby crashed. A rider had fallen in front and in an effort to avoid the fallen rider, Appleby swerved and hit the machine instead. He was thrown into the air and suffered a fractured skull. He was taken to Newcastle Infirmary but died during the early hours of 8 October.


1946 Speedway Northern League, Northern League Final table
On account of the small number of teams in the league the ACU Cup was run in a league format. Norwich Stars came out on top on points difference.


1946 St. Bonaventure Bonnies football team
The 1946 St. Bonaventure Bonnies football team, sometimes also referred to as the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians, was an American football team that represented St. Bonaventure University during the 1946 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1 record in the regular season, lost to Muhlenberg in the inaugural Tobacco Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 179 to 69. The 1946 season marked St. Bonaventure's return to intercollegiate football after a three-year hiatus during World War II.


1946 St. Bonaventure Bonnies football team
The team was led by first-year head coach Hugh Devore. Devore led the 1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to a 7–2–1 record before moving on to St. Bonaventure.


1946 St. Bonaventure Bonnies football team
The team played its home games at the newly-constructed Forness Stadium in Olean, New York. The dedication of the new stadium was held on September 28 during a game against Youngstown.


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


1946 St. Louis Browns season
The 1946 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses.


1946 St. Louis Browns 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 St. Louis Browns 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 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. In the World Series, they won in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.


1946 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season
First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.


1946 St. Louis Cardinals 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 St. Louis Cardinals 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 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1946 World Series
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)


1946 Stanford Indians football team
The 1946 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1946 college football season. This was the team's first season since 1942 because the team suspended play due to World War II. Stanford's head coach was Marchmont Schwartz, who had coached the 1942 team as well. The team was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference and played its home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.


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


1946 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1946 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens would win the series four games to one.


1946 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Boston defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 to advance to the Finals. Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the Finals.


1946 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1946 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Toe Blake by NHL President Red Dutton following the Canadiens 6–3 win over the Bruins in game five.


1946 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1946 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Coaching and administrative staff
† Left off cup, but included on the team picture.


1946 Star World Championship
The 1946 Star World Championship was held in Havana, Cuba in 1946.


1946 Star World Championship, Results
DNS – Did not start; DSA – Disabled; WDR – Withdrew;


1946 State of the Union Address
The 1946 State of the Union Address was given by the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, on Monday, January 21, 1946, to the 79th United States Congress. He stated, "At Moscow the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Great Britain agreed to further this development by supporting the efforts of the national government and nongovernmental Chinese political elements in bringing about cessation of civil strife and in broadening the basis of representation in the Government. That is the policy which General Marshall is so ably executing today. It is the purpose of the Government of the United States to proceed as rapidly as is practicable toward the restoration of the sovereignty of Korea and the establishment of a democratic government by the free choice of the people of Korea." The Cold War was just beginning.


1946 Sugar Bowl
The 1946 Sugar Bowl was the eleventh edition of the bowl game and matched the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys and the St. Mary's Gaels. It was played on Tuesday, January 1, 1946, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.


1946 Sugar Bowl, Background
The undefeated Oklahoma A&M Aggies (later became Oklahoma State Cowboys) repeated as champions of the Missouri Valley Conference, and had won the previous year's Cotton Bowl. St. Mary's was a small independent from northern California that was making its second bowl appearance (1939 Cotton Bowl). The Gaels started the season 6–0 with notable wins over USC, California, and Nevada, before a loss to UCLA in the last game ending the unbeaten streak. Both teams were invited after Alabama (9–0) accepted the invitation to the Rose Bowl and undefeated Army continued their bowl abstinence.


1946 Sugar Bowl, Background
The final AP poll was released in early December: Oklahoma A&M was fifth and St. Mary's was seventh.


1946 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The Gaels were small compared to the Aggies, being undersized by at least fifteen pounds (6.8 kg) to a team that averaged 203 pounds (92 kg) and that had war veterans such as Jim Reynolds and Burt Cole. But St. Mary's scored first on a Herman Wedemeyer touchdown pass to Denis O'Connor. Bob Fenimore responded with a touchdown pass to Cecil Haskins, and Fenimore scored on a touchdown run later in the half. Wedemeyer contributed to the Gaels' final touchdown as he lateraled to guard Carl DeSalvo, who ran 20 yards for a touchdown. But the kick failed, making it only 14–13 at halftime.


1946 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Fenimore and Reynolds added in touchdown runs in the second half as the lineman size started to make a difference, with St. Mary's four turnovers mattering more than Oklahoma A&M's. Joe Thomas caught a touchdown in the final five minutes to make the final score 33–13 as the Gaels were shut out in the second half, and the Cowboys won their second straight bowl game. Note: Denis O'Connor, St, Mary's QB also played both ways as did Wedemeyer and Fenimore, known as 60-Minute Men in the day. O'Connor on defense is tied for Sugar Bowl interceptions with three (3).


1946 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath
After a Bowl appearance the following year in the Oil Bowl, played in Houston vs. Georgia Tech, the Gaels never qualified for a bowl game again, later playing in Division II and Division I-AA; the program was disbanded prior to the 2004 season. O'Connor (1944) and Wedemeyer (1943) both played in the East West Shrine All Star game. The Cowboys did not return to the Sugar Bowl for seventy years, until January 2016.


1946 Sun Bowl
The 1946 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the New Mexico Lobos and the Denver Pioneers.


1946 Sun Bowl, Background
New Mexico was in their first Sun Bowl since 1939, while Mountain States Conference champion Denver was in their first bowl game. Before the game, a minister intoned a prayer dedicating this game to the nine members from the previous Lobo team to make it in the Sun Bowl, who had died fighting in World War II.


1946 Sun Bowl, Game summary
Denver took a 10-0 lead after one quarter on Karamigios' 21 yard touchdown run and Miller's 28 yard field goal. New Mexico responded with a 65 yard interception return for a touchdown by Rudy Krall. A 70 yard drive culminated in a Don Rumley 9 yard touchdown run to make it 13-10 at halftime. John Adams ran in for a two yard score to give Denver the lead.


1946 Sun Bowl, Game summary
New Mexico scored three straight touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with two of those touchdowns coming to Dick Moser (Bill Moseley) from Rumley, with the final touchdown pass going to Julian McDonald to make it 34-17. With less than two minutes remaining, Karamigios caught a touchdown pass Vernon Cochran, but the scoring stopped after that, as New Mexico won their first ever bowl game, and the first win for a Border Conference team. Rumley threw for 8-of-12 for 207 yards and three touchdowns.


1946 Sun Bowl, Aftermath
The Lobos made another bowl game the following year, but have never returned to the Sun Bowl since this game. Denver would also make a bowl game appearance the following year, which was their last. In a strange revelation, Mosley admitted in 2007 to playing under an assumed name (Dick Moser) in order to preserve his eligibility at Kentucky.


1946 Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen 1946 was the sixth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 25 August 1946 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. Malmö FF won 3-0 against Åtvidabergs FF before an attendance of 15,173 spectators.


1946 Svenska Cupen, Second round
The 8 matches in this round were played between 30 June and 10 July 1946.


1946 Svenska Cupen, Quarter-finals
The 4 matches in this round were played on 14 July 1946.


1946 Svenska Cupen, Semi-finals
The semi-finals in this round were played on 21 July 1946.


1946 Svenska Cupen, Final
The final was played on 25 August 1946 at the Råsunda Stadium.


1946 Svenska Cupen Final
The 1946 Svenska Cupen final took place on 25 August 1946 at Råsunda in Solna. It was contested between Malmö FF and Åtvidabergs FF. Åtvidaberg played their first cup final ever, Malmö FF played their third consecutive final and their third final in total. Malmö FF won their second title with a 3–0 victory.


1946 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship
The 1946 Swedish Ice Hockey Championship was the 24th season of the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Sweden. AIK won the championship.


1946 Swiss referendums
Two referendums were held in Switzerland during 1946. The first was held on 10 February on a federal resolution on a petition on cargo transportation, and was rejected by voters. The second was held on 8 December on a popular initiative on the "right to work", and was also rejected.


1946 Swiss referendums, Background
The February referendum on cargo transportation was a mandatory referendum, whilst the December referendum was a popular initiative. Both required a double majority; a majority of the popular vote and majority of the cantons. The decision of each canton was based on the vote in that canton. Full cantons counted as one vote, whilst half cantons counted as half.


1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the second annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney.


1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The inaugural race in 1945 had been planned as a cruise, and no thoughts were given to repeating the event. However it became a race at the suggestion of visiting Royal Navy captain John Illingworth, and the race proved so popular a repeat was planned.


1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The second race began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1946), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the Derwent River, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.


1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 1946 expanded fleet comprised more than double the vessels of the inaugural event with 19 starters. Of the 19 starters, 8 yachts were forced to retire, and the remaining 11 made it successfully to Hobart, with Morna  captained by Claude Plowman winning line honours, and Christina captained by JR Bull taking handicap honours on adjusted time.


1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 1946 fleet
19 yachts registered to begin the 1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. They were:


1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1946 college football season. The Orangemen were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn, in his first and only year with the team. Munn left to take the head coaching position at Michigan State, where he would later win several national titles. The Orangemen compiled a record of 4–5 under Munn.


1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team
During the season Miami Hurricanes cancelled a scheduled game against the Penn State team as Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their two African American in Miami could have led to "unfortunate incidents". Miami reportedly invited Syracuse to replace Penn State. This invitation was promptly declined and rebuked in an editorial in The Daily Orange, titled "No Thanks, Miami".


1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Orangeman was selected.


1946 São Paulo FC season
The 1946 football season was São Paulo's 17th season since club's existence.


1946 TANFL season
The 1946 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and three (3) finals series matches between 4 May and 28 September 1946.


1946 TANFL season, Participating Clubs, TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
Note: Buckingham were aligned with New Town, South East were aligned with Sandy Bay.


1946 TANFL season, 1946 TANFL Ladder, Round 14
Note: This round was postponed by one week due to inclement weather conditions.


1946 TANFL season, 1946 TANFL Ladder, Round 15
Note: Alf Cook (New Town) scores 14 goals, second highest individual total of all time to 1946.


1946 TANFL season, 1946 TANFL Ladder, Grand Final
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publications.


1946 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1946 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1946 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 2–7–1 overall and 2–4 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his thirteenth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


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


1946 Tasmanian state election
The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates.


1946 Tasmanian state election
Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election. The Nationalist Party had reformed into the modern Liberal Party, and was led by Neil Campbell. This was Tasmania's first election since the end of World War II.


1946 Tasmanian state election
Labor won a majority in the election, although the party's vote was significantly reduced. Cosgrove dominated the government throughout Tasmania's post-war recovery.


1946 Tasmanian state election, Results
Tasmanian state election, 23 November 1946House of Assembly << 1941–1948 >>


1946 Taça de Portugal Final
The 1946 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1945–46 Taça de Portugal, the 8th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 30 June 1946 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Atlético CP and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Atlético CP 4–2 to claim their third Taça de Portugal.


1946 Temple Owls football team
The 1946 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 114 to 61. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.


1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
The 1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, shut out six of eleven opponents, defeated West Virginia State in the Derby Bowl and Louisville Municipal in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 247 to 61. The team played its home games at Tennessee State Stadium and Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee.


1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
The Dickinson System rated Tennessee State as the No. 1 black college football team for 1946 with a score of 27.0, ahead of Morgan State with a score of 26.0 and Tuskegee with a score of 25.0. The Pittsburgh Courier recognized Tennessee A&I and Morgan State as the 1946 black college national co-champions.


1946 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1946 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1946 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his 15th year, and first since the 1940 season, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 5–0 in the SEC). They concluded the season as SEC champions and with a loss against Rice in the 1947 Orange Bowl.


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


1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democrat Jim Nance McCord defeated Republican nominee William O. Lowe with 65.35% of the vote.


1946 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1946  Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Texas A&M Aggies football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Aggies were selected.


1946 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in 1946 college football season. The Longhorns were led by the future College Football Hall of Fame head coach, Dana X. Bible, in his tenth year at Texas and final year of coaching. Texas was the first-ranked team in the initial AP Poll, before sliding throughout the season. The Longhorns posted a record of 8–2 and received a final ranking of 15th.


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


1946 Texas Mines Miners football team
The 1946 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against Border Conference opponents), finished seventh in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 136.


1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Red Raiders were selected.


1946 Texas gubernatorial election
The 1946 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 Texas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson did not seek re-election.


1946 Texas gubernatorial election
Democratic Governor nominee Beauford H. Jester defeated Republican nominee Eugene Nolte, Jr. with 91.23% of the vote.


1946 Texas gubernatorial election, Nominations, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on July 27, 1946, with the runoff held on August 24, 1946.


1946 Texas gubernatorial election, Nominations, Republican nomination
The Republican state convention was held on August 13, 1946 at Mineral Wells.


1946 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1946 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1946 college football season. J. Quinn Decker served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. This was the first team fielded since 1942 due to World War II.


1946 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1946 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 56th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1946 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Thurles Sarsfields won the championship after a 4-05 to 0-03 defeat of Carrick Swans in the final. It was their 16th championship title overall and their third title in succession.


1946 Titleholders Championship
The 1946 Titleholders Championship was contested from April 9–12 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 7th edition of the Titleholders Championship.


1946 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1946 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Orwig, the Rockets compiled a 6–2–2 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 200 to 132, and defeated Bates, 21–12, in the first postseason Glass Bowl game.


1946 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1946 season was the first for the Toledo Rockets since 1942. In 1946, the University of Toledo rebuilt University Stadium using glass blocks throughout the stadium, installing lights for night games and a glass electric scoreboard, and building a two-level press box out of blue vitrolite and glass blocks. The renovated stadium was named the Glass Bowl with the dedication game being played on December 7, 1946, against Bates. The Toledo team captain in 1946 was Bill Gall.


1946 Toronto Argonauts season
The 1946 Toronto Argonauts season was the 57th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in second place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–3–2 record and qualified for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. The Argonauts defeated the Montreal Alouettes in the IRFU Final before winning the Eastern Final over the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers. The defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts faced the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a rematch of the 33rd Grey Cup game. Toronto prevailed as they won their seventh Grey Cup championship by a score of 28–6.


1946 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1946. Incumbent Robert Hood Saunders was acclaimed as mayor.


1946 Toronto municipal election, Board of Control
One incumbent on the Board of Control lost, William J. Wadsworth. He was defeated by Alderman Bert McKellar. Communist Stewart Smith of the Labor-Progressive Party won the second position on the Board.


1946 Toronto municipal election, City council
Results taken from the January 2, 1946 Globe and Mail and might not exactly match final tallies.


1946 Tour de Suisse
The 1946 Tour de Suisse was the 10th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 13 July to 20 July 1946. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Gino Bartali.


1946 Trinidad and Tobago general election
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 1946, alongside local elections. The Butler Party and the United Front won three seats each. Voter turnout was 52.9%.


1946 Trinidad and Tobago local elections
County Council elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 1946, alongside general elections.


1946 Trinidad and Tobago local elections, Background
Constitutional arrangements for local elections in Trinidad and Tobago were made in 1946. Five leaflets were delivered to voters, explaining voter registration, the new county councils and the voting procedure.


1946 Trinidad and Tobago local elections, Electoral system
The County Council elections used the same districts as the Legislative Council, but with each constituency electing two members instead of one.


1946 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1946 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 3–7 and a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing ninth in the SEC.


1946 Tulane Green Wave football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Green Wave player was selected.


1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1946 college football season. In their first year under head coach Buddy Brothers, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 9–1 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and was ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll. The team won victories over Texas Tech (21–6), Kansas (56–0), Cincinnati (20–0), Oklahoma State (20–18), Baylor (17–0), and No. 10-ranked Arkansas (14–13), and lost only to Detroit (14–20).


1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Golden Hurricane players were selected.


1946 Turin Grand Prix
The 1946 Turin Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Valentino Park on 1 September 1946. It was the first ever Formula 1 race in history.


1946 Turin Grand Prix, Classification, Final
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1946 Turkish Football Championship
The 1946 Turkish Football Championship was the 12th edition of the competition. It was held in May. Gençlerbirliği won their second national championship title by winning the Final Group in Ankara undefeated.


1946 Turkish Football Championship
The champions of the three major regional leagues (Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir) qualified directly for the Final Group. Eskişehir Demirspor qualified by winning the qualification play-off, which was contested by the winners of the regional qualification groups.


1946 Turkish National Division
The 1946 National Division was the 9th edition of the Turkish National Division. Fenerbahçe won their 5th title.


1946 Turkish National Division, Istanbul qualifying round
Top four in İstanbul played a mini league to decide which two İstanbul clubs would play in the Milli Eğitim Kupası.


1946 Turkish general election
General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946, the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The multiple non-transferable vote electoral system was used. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.


1946 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
The 1946 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 31 August until 8 September. It was the 66th staging of the U.S. National Championships, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


1946 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Gardnar Mulloy /  Bill Talbert defeated  Frank Guernsey /  Don McNeill 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 20–18


1946 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Louise Brough /  Margaret Osborne defeated  Patricia Todd /  Mary Arnold Prentiss 6–1, 6–3


1946 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Margaret Osborne /   Bill Talbert defeated  Louise Brough /  Robert Kimbrell 6–3, 6–4


1946 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Jack Kramer defeated Tom Brown 9–7, 6–3, 6-0 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1946 U.S. National Championships.


1946 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Jack Kramer is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1946 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Pauline Betz defeated fifth-seeded Doris Hart 11–9, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1946 U.S. National Championships.


1946 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Pauline Betz is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.


1946 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1946 U.S. Open was the 46th U.S. Open, held June 12–16 at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb east of Cleveland. In the first U.S. Open since 1941, Lloyd Mangrum, a World War II veteran and recipient of two Purple Hearts, defeated Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi in 36 playoff holes to win his only major title.


1946 U.S. Open (golf)
Nelson possibly cost himself the championship in the third round when his caddie accidentally kicked his ball and he was assessed a stroke penalty. Two months after the championship, Nelson announced his retirement from the tour at age 34, though he continued to play at the Masters through 1966. He also played twice again at the U.S. Open (1949 and 1955), and once at the British Open in 1955.


1946 U.S. Open (golf)
The purse was $8,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. The three participants received a playoff bonus of $333 each.


1946 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the last playoff at the U.S. Open that ended in a tie without sudden-death. The next dozen 18-hole full round playoffs determined a winner without the need for extra holes. The first time sudden-death was used for the 91st hole was in 1990, Hale Irwin's third title. It was needed again in 1994 and 2008.


1946 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the second U.S. Open at Canterbury in six years; the 1940 edition was won by Lawson Little. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1973, won by Jack Nicklaus.


1946 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Nelson began the final round with a one-stroke lead over Mangrum and Ghezzi. Ghezzi was the first to finish and carded a 72 and a 284 total. Nelson and Mangrum were playing together, and Nelson had a two-stroke advantage with three holes remaining. But after bogeys at his final two holes, combined with two pars by Mangrum, Nelson fell back into a tie and forced a three-way playoff.


1946 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Playoff
All three players shot even-par 72 during the first 18 holes on Sunday morning, which forced another 18-hole playoff in the afternoon, as there was no sudden-death playoff at the time. At the 9th, Mangrum nearly shot himself out of contention with an out of bounds tee shot, but a 70-foot (20 m) putt for bogey allowed him to minimize the damage. Nelson and Ghezzi were tied at the turn, with Mangrum two back. But Mangrum then collected two birdies, while Nelson bogeyed 13 and Ghezzi recorded bogeys at 14 and 15. Mangrum took a two-stroke lead with a birdie at 16, and despite a bogey-bogey finish, his 72 was good enough to hold off Nelson and Ghezzi by a stroke.


1946 U.S. Women's Open
The 1946 U.S. Women's Open was a golf tournament contested from August 26 to September 1 at Spokane Country Club, north of Spokane, Washington. It was the first edition of the U.S. Women's Open, and only one to have been played in match play competition. The field of 39 women was reduced to the 32-player match play field by a 36-hole qualifier on Monday and Tuesday. Six professionals and 26 amateurs advanced to match play. The format was 18-hole matches through the quarterfinals, and 36 holes for the semifinals and finals.


1946 U.S. Women's Open
Professionals Patty Berg and Betty Jameson reached the Sunday final. Jameson led by three after seven holes, but Berg evened the match and they finished the first 18 holes all square. After lunch, Berg needed only fourteen holes in the afternoon to close out the match at 5 & 4. Berg won $5,600 and Jameson $3,100, all in war bonds. This win was later  recognized as Berg's sixth major championship. The winner's share at the U.S. Women's Open was substantially less in succeeding years and was not exceeded until 1972, 26 years later.


1946 U.S. Women's Open
Jameson won the title the following year as a 72-hole stroke play event.


1946 U.S. Women's Open
Founded in 1898, Spokane Country Club was purchased by the Kalispel Tribe in late 2015 and is now Kalispell Golf and Country Club.


1946 UCI Road World Championships
The 1946 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zürich, Switzerland.


1946 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1946 UCI Road World Championships was the 13th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 1 September 1946 in Zürich, Switzerland. The race was won by Hans Knecht of Switzerland.


1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland, from 24 August to 1 September 1946. Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.


1946 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1946 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Illinois in the 1947 Rose Bowl.


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


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 21st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The greyhound racing industry experienced an extraordinary year in 1946, with all previous records in terms of attendances and totalisator turnover being broken. The year would be the pinnacle in the history of the sport and would never be matched again. Attendances were estimated to be around 75 million based on an annual totalisator turnover of £196,431,430. The figure equates to £8 billion today (2018), using a historic inflation calculator, which indicates the significance of the industry at the time. Trading on greyhound racing shares at the stock exchange were centre stage business.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The leading greyhound company, the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) recorded record attendances and profits at all of their tracks. The largest tote turnover was at White City and reached £17,576,190.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
Mondays News won the 1946 English Greyhound Derby, run under floodlights for the first time. In the Derby Consolation Stakes, Quare Times won by four lengths from Bah's Choice in 28.82 seconds to improve on his own world record.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The Scottish Greyhound Derby and Welsh Greyhound Derby clashed, in the former Lattin Pearl defeated Grand Prix champion Magic Bohemian and in the latter, Negros Lad overcame a field including defending champion Shaggy Lass and 1945 English Greyhound Derby finalist Duffys Arrival. The time of 29.54 broke the track record.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
A week after the Scurry Gold Cup (won by Mischievous Manhattan) the Wembley Summer Cup paired the two fastest greyhounds in training Bah's Choice and Quare Times. Bah's Choice won the event from Shannon Shore, Magic Bohemian, Shaggy Lass and Negro's Lad in addition to Quare Times. The race attracted significant national attention and Major Percy Brown (Racing manager at White City) contacted the owners of the two greyhounds to arrange a return match between them, at White City, on August Bank Holiday Monday. Quare Times was handled by the 'Wizard of Burhill', Sidney Orton, while Bah's Choice was trained by Bob Burls at Wembley. Quare Times, was first from the traps and made no mistakes setting a new world record of 30.38 seconds for the 550 yards course.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
In the Invitation Stakes run at Coventry on 9 August, Bah's Choice gained revenge beating Quare Times by five lengths, in a new track record with a time of 29.45 seconds. Sadly entered for the Birmingham Cup at Perry Barr in September, Bahs Choice broke a hock in his first round heat and was retired to stud. Shannon Shore gained some compensation for his Derby defeat after winning the Laurels, the January 1943 whelp would retire to stud after an unsuccessful attempt to retain his Golden Crest crown which went to Rimmells Black. Stan Biss won the Oaks for the fifth time with Dumbles Maid, a brindle and white bitch that had turned in the traps and refused to chase just a few weeks previous.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
A strong entry for the St Leger saw Bohernagraga Boy win by just a short head from recent Oaks champion Dumbles Maid, Monday's News struggled with the longer distance and could only finish a disappointing fifth. History was made during the All England Cup, held at Brough Park when four of the entries were all four nations Derby winners. The English Greyhound Derby winner Mondays News, the Irish Greyhound Derby champion Lilac Lady, Welsh Greyhound Derby winner Negro's Lad and Scottish Greyhound Derby champion Lattin Pearl all competed. The hope that all four would progress to the final failed to materialise but two of them Monday's News and Lattin Pearl did make the final and duly finished first and second.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Just two known tracks were opened during 1946. A proposed track application for Darnley between Barrhead and Thornliebank was rejected by Glasgow magistrates, on the grounds that it was too near houses and would cause traffic congestion. A company called the Darnley Greyhound Racing Track Ltd had already been formed in readiness.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
The Glasgow City assessor attempted to increase the valuations of the five greyhound stadiums in Glasgow, which was opposed by the tracks because they did not want to have to pay increased tax. Carntyne, owned by the Scottish Greyhound Racing Company was valued at £4,500 by the assessor but £3,700 by the track, which was followed by White City, White City Glasgow Ltd £6,700 (£4,000), Albion, Glasgow-Albion Racing Ltd £12,000 (£1,250), Firhill, Partick Thistle FC & Firhill Racing Company Ltd £3,000 (£2,500) and finally Shawfield, Shawfield Greyhound Racing Company Ltd £4,000 (£600).


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
1946 Irish Greyhound Derby winner Steve was withdrawn from the Aldridges sales despite bids in excess of £1,000. Owner Mrs. R.H.Dent refused to sell to connections who intended to flap (race on independent tracks) with him. Steve would have to continue his career in Ireland because English Racing Managers refused to allow him to race. This was because of a previous disqualification for fighting at Wembley during a trial. Two other greyhounds failed to sell at Aldridges; Motts Regret went unsold despite a bid of 1,250 guineas and Col Skookum was taken off the bench despite a 1,450 guineas bid.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Walthamstow Stadium owner William Chandler died and left equal shares to his children. Charles Chandler became managing director and Percy was responsible for the catering and restaurants. Victor Sr. and Jack were already bookmakers and Ronnie trained greyhounds in Ireland.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
In July the first case of a greyhound traveling by air took place when Warrington greyhound Clady Border, trained by Ken Newham went from Manchester Airport to Belfast, to take part in an event at Celtic Park in which he won. During the same year Fernane Sweeper was the first greyhound to fly the Atlantic. Wandsworth transported their racing greyhounds from the track kennels to the race track using a Scammell Mechanical Horse that pulled a trailer of 56 greyhounds in individual kennels to the race track.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Motts Regret, a brindle whelped in April 1944 by Trev's Dispatch out of Friar Tuck, had been bred and reared in the Cumberland Fells by Mr H.G. Nunn. During the year he won a number of open races and was entered for the English Greyhound Derby at White City without success. Later that year he went down with distemper and pneumonia at the GRA Hook Estate and Kennels in Northaw and it was thought he would die, but after a long convalescence would make it back to the track in 1947. Lemon Flash (the 1946 McAlinden Cup winner) and Tim O'Linn died of distemper in Birmingham private kennels, the latter had recently cost his new owner £1,400.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Frederick Johnson a breeder from Tarporley in Cheshire, was refused a private trainers licence by the National Greyhound Racing Club, with his wife Mary they farmed sixty acres and bred the 'Rushton' greyhounds prefix. Johnson contemplated giving up greyhound racing after the decision but luckily decided against it.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Ballynennan Moon and Ballyhennessy Seal both on stud duties demanded £100 for a mating fee at the Burhill Kennels.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
A greyhound called Long Rally who set a track record in his first race at Darnall is subject to a record bid of 2,100 guineas but his owner refuses the offer because he had set a reserve of 2,250 guineas.


1946 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium opened on 5 June, the first winner was a greyhound called Rebel Gunner. Dunmore Stadium, in Belfast which had suffered serious fire and bomb damage during the war underwent significant renovation. Two new stands were built, one acted as a reserved area and the other was unreserved. The 1946 Irish Greyhound Derby was won by an English connection for the first time when Steve, owned by Mrs. R.H.Dent took the honours. Mrs. Dent had owned Wattle Bark, winner of the 1937 English Greyhound Derby.


1946 USC Trojans football team
The 1946 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1946 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 158 to 106.


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


1946 Ubangi-Shari Representative Council election
Representative Council elections were held for the first time in Ubangi-Shari on 15 December 1946. The result was a victory for the Ubangian Economic and Social Action list led by Barthélemy Boganda, which won all 15 seats in the second college (for Africans), whilst the Chamber of Commerce List won all 10 seats in the first college.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection
The United Nations Secretary-General selection of 1946 took place at the opening session of the United Nations in London. The General Assembly first voted on the membership of the Security Council, which then selected the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States and the United Kingdom supported Lester B. Pearson of Canada for Secretary-General, but the Soviet Union opposed Pearson since the permanent headquarters of the United Nations would be in North America. The Security Council compromised on Trygve Lie of Norway, who had lost the election for President of the General Assembly to Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Background
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council. However, the United Nations Charter provides little guidance for the appointment process.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, President of the General Assembly
The Secretary-Generalship was initially overshadowed by the Presidency of the General Assembly. Trygve Lie of Norway and Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium were the leading candidates for the Presidency. The United States and the Soviet Union favored Lie, but the other permanent members preferred Spaak. After discovering that Adlai Stevenson had picked Trygve Lie and approached the Norwegian and Soviet ambassadors to gain their support, U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes decided that the United States had to vote for Lie to avoid "break[ing] faith with two governments." Although Byrne thought that Lie's candidacy was hopeless, several Latin American countries decided to switch sides and vote with the United States.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, President of the General Assembly
When the General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946, the Soviet Union nominated Lie and attempted to elect him by acclamation. After this maneuver was rejected, the General Assembly proceeded to vote by secret ballot. In the confusion, Spaak's supporters forgot to enter a formal nomination. Nevertheless, Paul-Henri Spaak defeated Trygve Lie for President of the General Assembly in a vote of 28–23.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
After the General Assembly elected the non-permanent members of the Security Council on 12 January 1946, attention turned to the Secretary-Generalship. The British government favored U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, but Eisenhower turned down the nomination. The United States felt that "no national of the Big Five should be selected for the post."


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
The United States had favored Spaak for Secretary-General, with Alger Hiss noting that his only shortcoming was that he could not speak English. Although the State Department would be "delighted" with Lester B. Pearson of Canada, it felt that the Secretary-General would have to be "non-American" since the permanent UN headquarters would be in the United States. However, Spaak was only willing to serve as President of the General Assembly, and his election as president took him out of the running for Secretary-General.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
The permanent members met for informal consultations on 20 January 1946. U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes nominated Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian Ambassador to the United States. Soviet ambassador Andrei Gromyko opposed Pearson on the basis of geography, nominating Stanoje Simic, the Yugoslav Ambassador to the United States. France then nominated its own Ambassador to the United States, Henri Bonnet. China and the United Kingdom supported Pearson. At an informal consultation of the full Security Council on 21 January 1946, three Foreign Ministers were added to the list of candidates: Wincenty Rzymowski of Poland, Trygve Lie of Norway, Eelco van Kleffens of the Netherlands.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
At an informal consultation of the permanent members on 23 January 1946, French delegate Joseph Paul-Boncour advocated for selecting a foreign minister instead of an ambassador. He felt that Trygve Lie, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, would be a good choice except that he could not speak French. None of the other countries changed their positions. The permanent members decided to hold another consultation of the full Security Council and then vote, even if it resulted in a veto. Meanwhile, the General Assembly established a 5-year term with the possibility of appointment to another 5-year term.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
Since a Soviet veto of Pearson was expected, the U.S. delegation debated whether Trygve Lie was an acceptable alternative. Eleanor Roosevelt, and John G. Townsend Jr. felt that Lie would be independent of the Soviet Union. However, Arthur Vandenberg was "not impressed" and felt that the defeated Soviet candidate for President of the General Assembly would be "getting a better job." John Foster Dulles said that Lie had once "cast a vote because of the presence of Russian troops on Norway's border." Vandenberg and Dulles felt that Lie "would not dare to be a free agent." Although the United States still preferred Pearson, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Edward Stettinius Jr. was "authorized to vote for Mr. Lie in case of an emergency."


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Consultations
On 28 January 1946, the permanent members met again for informal consultations. France remained opposed to Lie on the grounds of his inability to speak French. The Soviet Union remained opposed to Pearson, but the Soviet delegate offered to vote for Lie on his own responsibility. After China agreed to accept Lie in place of Pearson, the French delegate changed his mind. The British delegate then stated that he was bound by instructions from the government, but he would not veto Lie. The Soviets had previously argued for Poland and Yugoslavia on the grounds of their occupation by Germany during World War II. Conveniently, Norway had also been occupied by Germany.


1946 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Vote
On 29 January 1946, the Security Council voted unanimously to recommend Trygvie Lie to the General Assembly. On 1 February 1946, the General Assembly ratified the appointment with three dissenting votes. Lie took office on 2 February 1946.


1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an
The 1946 United States Air Force C-47 crash, known in China as the April 8 Incident, was the crash of US Army Air Force C-47B-1-DL (registration 43–16360) from Chongqing to Yan'an that struck a mountain in Shaanxi, China, killing all four crew members and 13 passengers, including several top Communist Chinese leaders.


1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an, Background
Following the end of World War II, the Kuomintang government of China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commenced negotiations for a political settlement to form a joint government. During WWII, the US Air Force set up operations at Chongqing, including the Flying Tigers units that fought Japanese forces in China. The US military remained in Chongqing after the end of the war, and US government agents were instrumental in organizing negotiations between the Kuomintang and CCP. In order to facilitate these negotiations, the US Air Force flew CCP representatives between the Communist headquarters at Yan'an in Shaanxi province to Chongqing.


1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an, Accident
The C-47 was stationed at Peishiyi Airfield near Chongqing. Sergeant Dallas Wise, a twenty-year-old member of the United States Fourteenth Air Force, stationed out of Chongqing, serverd as first officer and radio operator. The C-47 flight that took off from Chongqing en route to Yan'an had thirteen passengers - all members of the CCP delegation at Chongqing - and the four US military personnel who operated the flight.


1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an, Accident
Among those on the flight were notable Communist Party leaders, including General Ye Ting; General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Qin Bangxian, also known as Bo Gu; former-President of the Central Party School Deng Fa; and  Communist Party Central Committee Member Wang Ruofei. Accompanying Ye Ting on the flight were his wife, daughter, son and nanny. According to Wise's father, the aircrafted landed at Xi'an to refuel before ascending once more to fly to Yan'an. While starting to descend the aircraft crashed into the Heicha Mountains (Mt. Black Tea), located ~140 miles northeast of Yan'an in Shaanxi Province, killing all 17 people on board


1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an, Accident
The crash forced the CCP to reorganize their negotiating delegation, becoming known, in China, as the "April 8 Incident."


1946 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 80th United States Congress took place in 1946. These midterm elections occurred 19 months after President Harry S. Truman assumed office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections
Truman was Vice President under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was thrust into the presidency following Roosevelt's death. Truman did not garner the same support as the deceased president. Democrats had controlled Congress since 1931, for 16 years, and Roosevelt had been elected to a record four terms in office. The 1946 election resulted in Republicans picking up 55 seats to win majority control. Joseph Martin, Republican of Massachusetts, became Speaker of the House, exchanging places with Sam Rayburn, Democrat of Texas, who became the new Minority Leader. The Democratic defeat was the largest since they were trounced in the 1928 pro-Republican wave that brought Herbert Hoover to power.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections
The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Truman, whose approval rating had sunk to 32 percent over the president's controversial handling of a wave of post-war labor strikes, including a United Auto Workers strike against Ford and General Motors in 1945, a United Mine Workers strike starting in April 1946, and a national railroad worker strike that began in May. Further damage resulted from the back-and-forth over whether to end wartime price controls, unpopular with the American business constituency, to handle shortages, particularly in meat and other foodstuffs.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections
While Truman's early months in the White House had been plagued with questions of "What would Roosevelt do if he were alive?" Republicans now began to joke "What would Truman do if he were alive?" and "To err is Truman." The Republican majority was short-lived however, with Democrats winning control of the House two years later.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections, Special elections
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1946 or before January 3, 1947; ordered by election date, then by district.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 1946. Republicans captured control of Congress for the first time since 1928 due to the extreme unpopularity of President Harry Truman. California was indicative of the results as Republicans gained seven seats, one of which was won by a recently returned WWII veteran named Richard Nixon. Democrats would not regain a majority of the delegation until after the 1958 election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
The 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 5, 1946 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Five incumbents were re-elected, but Butler B. Hare of the 3rd congressional district was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn. The seat remained with the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1st congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2nd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John J. Riley of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1945, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 3rd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Butler B. Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1939, was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn who was unopposed in the general election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 4th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Charles C. Moore in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 5th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 6th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, won the Democratic primary and defeated Progressive Party candidate James E. Prioleau in the general election.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
The 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 5, 1946 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia had nine seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1940 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.


1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:


1946 United States Senate election in Arizona
The 1946 United States Senate elections in Arizona took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland ran for reelection to a second term, easily defeating his Republican challenger Ward S. Powers in the general election.


1946 United States Senate election in California
The 1946 United States Senate election in California was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in California
Republican Senator Hiram Johnson died in office in August 1945. Governor Earl Warren appointed U.S. Army Major and former State Senator William F. Knowland to finish Johnson's term until a successor could be duly elected. Knowland won the special election to complete Johnson's term and won the regularly scheduled 1946 election over U.S. Representative Will Rogers Jr., both held on November 5.


1946 United States Senate election in California, Special election
In a simultaneous special election for the remainder of Johnson's term, Knowland won easily. Notably, no candidates were listed on the ballot. Each vote was a write-in, making Knowland technically the first ever write-in candidate elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1954, Strom Thurmond became the first candidate to win a Senate election by write-in where another candidate was actually listed on the ballot.


1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut
Two United States Senate elections in Connecticut were held on November 5, 1946, to determine the next United States Senator from Connecticut. One election determined who would complete the remainder of deceased Senator Francis T. Maloney's term and the other was for the regularly-scheduled term from 1947 to 1953.


1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut
Republican Governor of Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin won both elections. In the special election, he defeated former Governor Wilbur Cross. In the regularly-scheduled election, Baldwin defeated Democratic Assistant Secretary of Labor Joseph Tone.


1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Background
Senator Maloney died on January 16, 1945. Former Admiral Thomas C. Hart was appointed to serve in his place as Senator until a duly-elected successor could be named.


1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Aftermath
Senator Hart resigned his seat that day, and Baldwin assumed the seat on December 27. Baldwin himself resigned in December 1949 to join the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.


1946 United States Senate election in Delaware
The 1946 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 4, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James M. Tunnell ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican John J. Williams, a businessman and member of the Millsboro Town Council.


1946 United States Senate election in Florida
The 1946 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Florida
Incumbent Senator Charles O. Andrews did not run for re-election and died on September 18. Governor of Florida Spessard Holland, who had already won the May Democratic primary (usually tantamount to victory in the solidly Democratic South), appointed himself to the vacant seat and was re-elected in the regular fall election.