April 1946 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Apr 18 US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government

President of Yugoslavia and Revolutionary Josip Broz Tito

Apr 21 Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
Apr 22 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
Apr 25 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
Apr 25 Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent" premieres in London
Apr 27 1st radar installed aboard a commercial ship
Apr 29 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 William Frederick Fisher, American MD & astronaut (STS 51-I), born in Dallas, Texas
Apr 2 Lynda Carr, educationist
Apr 3 Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico (1988-94), born in Mexico City
Apr 4 Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist, founder and director of Satojuku Karate, born in Sakhalin, Japan
Apr 5 Robert E McKee, CEO/managing director (Conoco-UK)
Apr 7 Bob Metcalfe, American electrical engineer (co-inventor of Ethernet, 3Com), born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 11 Bob Harris, English radio presenter (The Old Grey Whistle Test, Time Out), born in Northampton, England
Apr 14 Tom Monteleone, American writer (Dark Star & Illumination)
Apr 15 Wayne Gilchrest, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Rahway, New Jersey
Apr 16 Margot Adler, American journalist, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2014)
Apr 18 Harvey Kagan, American muscian (Sir Douglas Quintet)
Apr 19 Leon Wessels, South African lawyer and Minister of Local Government, born in Kroonstad, South Africa
Apr 22 Archy Kirkwood, British politician (MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
Apr 22 Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
Apr 22 John Waters, American director (Hairspray), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 22 Louise Harel, Quebec politician and City Councillor for Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe, born in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
Apr 25 Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman (Allied Irish Banks) and politician (Fine Gael), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2018)
Apr 25 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Apr 29 Franc Roddam, English director (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Quadrophenia), born in Norton, England
Apr 30 Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1973- ), born in Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden

Weddings in History

Apr 26 Father Divine, controversial religious leader claimed to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement

Deaths in History

Apr 3 Masaharu Homma, Japanese Lt General (responsible for Bataan Death March in the Philippines), executed by firing squad for war crimes at 58
Apr 3 Thomas Dixon, American white supremacist, novelist, playwright (The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan), dies at 82
Apr 12 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
Apr 12 F Guicciardi, writer, dies
Apr 17 Juan Bautista Sacasa, President of Nicaragua (1932-36), dies at 71

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)

Apr 21 English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, dies of a heart attack at 62

Apr 22 Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer & jurist (SCOTUS, 1941-46), dies at 73
Apr 26 Hermann von Keyserling, Baltic German philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
Apr 26 Jim Larkin White, American cave explorer and guide (Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico), dies at 63
Apr 28 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician, dies at 76