1946

The Arts

• Gertrude Stein died.
• Hermann Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• Booth Tarkington died.
• John Hersey published Hiroshima.
• H. G. Wells died.
• In the visual arts, Picasso, Fernand Leger, Buckminster Fuller, and Saul Steinberg were popular.
  
• In film, some of the hits included Best Years of Our Lives, Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, and Great Expectations.
  
• In music, Broadway musicals popularized some music such as "Annie Get Your Gun" by Irving Berlin. Download some of Irving Berlin's music here.
  In popular music, some of the hits included "How Are Things in Gloccamorra?," "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and "Doin' What Comes Naturally." My favorite is "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller.

  Science and Technology

  South Pole Expedition by R. E. Byrd

  Richard Byrd

  First Atomic Bomb Test on Bikini Island

  Operation Crossroads

  First U.S. Built Rocket to Leave Earth's Atmosphere (50 miles)

  Rockets Timeline

  Daily Life

  John Maynard Keynes died.
  Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing championship for the 23rd time.
  Dr. Benjamin Spock published Baby and Child Care
• U.S. Population:140 million
• Galveston-born heavyweight champ Jack Johnson died.

  Other 1946 events:

• U.S. recognized the People's Republic of Yugoslavia.
• Due to food shortages, Truman promised a million tons of wheat per month for Europe and Asia.
• Hindus and Muslims fought in India over British Control.
• Civil unrest erupted in Greece.
• U.S. scientists claim cigarettes may cause lung cancer.
• Truman officially ended World War II.
• Einstein opposed further bomb development.
• Vietnam civil war with France began.
• Hirohito denied his divinity.
• Zionists bombed King David Hotel in Jeruselum.
• More Events of 1946
• 10 people died in the Baker Hotel Fire of Dallas.
• First autobank opened (Chicago).
• First bikini was shown in a Paris fashion show.
• Riot in Columbia, Tenn., killed 2 and wounded 10.
• 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison.
• Fire at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago killed 62 people.
• Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, killed 119 people.
• Walt Disney's "Song of the South" was released.
• Weight Watchers formed.
• Jukeboxes went into mass production.
• The Cannes Film Festival began.
• Route 66 became an American icon. See these links for more information and pictures.
  History and photos of Route 66
  Route 66 Gallery
  Photos
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