June 1946 in History

Events in History

Indonesian History

Jun 8 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia

Jun 9 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque, Iowa)

Event of Interest

Jun 9 Bhumibol Adulyadej becomes King of Thailand after the death of his brother King Ananda Mahidol

Jun 10 Italian Republic established
Jun 10 Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA. Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA
Jun 13 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
Jun 13 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates after 24 days in the wake of the country declaring itself a republic
Jun 14 Canadian Library Association established
Jun 17 SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
Jun 18 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim
Jun 20 NYC transit begins using PA system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line
Jun 21 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas
Jun 21 Federal judge in Seattle rules that club doesn't have to play returning serviceman

Event of Interest

Jun 22 Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites

Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi

Jun 23 In South Africa, a group of white men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
Jun 24 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen, Wisconsin (state 24-hr record)
Jun 24 Georges Bidault elected premier of France
Jun 26 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years
Jun 28 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
Jun 29 Black Sabbath as the British arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
Jun 29 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv

Birthdays in History

Peter Sutcliffe (1946-2020)

Jun 2 English murderer of 13 women "The Yorkshire Ripper", born in Bingley, England

Jun 6 Chelsea Brown, American comedienne (Laugh-In; Matt Lincoln), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
Jun 8 Elizabeth A. Lynn, American sci-fi author (Watchtower, Red Hawk), born in NYC, New York
Jun 10 Mensje van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer (Bleeker's Summer)
Jun 12 Harry Glasper, English writer, born in Middlesbrough, England
Jun 12 John Steinbeck IV, American journalist, author and son of John Steinbeck, born in New York City
Jun 14 Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, American newspaper publisher (The New Haven Register), born in NYC, New York
Jun 16 Jodi Rell, American politician (Governor of Connecticut 2004-11), born in Norfolk, Virginia
Jun 16 Neil MacGregor, British arts administrator (Director of the British National Gallery and the British Museum), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Jun 17 Marcy Kaptur, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Toledo, Ohio
Jun 17 Peter Rosei, Austrian writer (Wer war Edgar Allan?), born in Vienna
Jun 18 Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
Jun 18 Russell Ash, British author ('the human Google'), born in Surrey, England
Jun 20 Birgitte Eva Henriksen, Duchess of Gloucester, born in Odense, Denmark
Jun 20 Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
Jun 21 Kate Hoey, Northern Irish MP (Labour), born in Mallusk, Northern Ireland
Jun 21 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP (Sect of State for Defense), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Jun 21 Maurice Saatchi, English-Iraqi advertising CEO (Saatchi & Saatchi), born in Baghdad, Iraq
Jun 24 David Collenette, Canadian politician
Jun 24 Ellison Onizuka, American Air Force Major and astronaut (STS 51C, 51L - Challenger disaster), born in Kealakekua, Hawaii (d. 1986)
Jun 24 Robert Reich, American Secretary of Labor (under Clinton)
Jun 25 Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator and humanitarian, born in Denekamp, Netherlands
Jun 27 Sally Priesand, 1st U.S. woman rabbi, born in Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 28 Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (President of the Independent Democratic Union), born in Santiago (d. 1991)
Jun 28 John M. Lounge, American engineer and astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
Jun 28 Robert L Asprin, American sci-fi writer (Thieves World, Cold Cash War)
Jun 29 Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2004)
Jun 29 Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President of Panama (1994-99), born in Panama City, Panama

Deaths in History

Jun 1 Ion Antonescu, Romanian soldier and authoritarian politician, is executed after having been convicted of war crimes
Jun 3 Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938-46), dies at 60

Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946)

Jun 6 German author (Before Dawn - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912), dies at 83

Jun 8 John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician (41st Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 86
Jun 9 Rama VIII [Ananda Mahidol], King of Siam (1935-46), dies of a mysterious gunshot wound at 21
Jun 12 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies
Jun 13 Edward Bowes, American radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71