1946

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Years: 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 - 1946 - 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951

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Events:

• The 20mm Vulcan gatling gun is invented

Births:

• February 11 - M C Walker, CEO of Iceland Frozen Foods.
• February 11 - Timothy Chambers pediatrician.
• May 20: Cher, American singer
• August 19 - Bill Clinton, American president (1993-2000)
• November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist

Deaths:

• October 15 - Hermann Goering, head of the Nazi-army (suicide)
• October 16 - Artur Seiss-Inquart, Austrian national-socialist leader, governor of The Netherlands during the German occupation (1940-1945) (executed)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Percy Williams Bridgman
• Chemistry - James Batcheller Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley
• Medicine - Hermann Joseph Muller
• Literature - Hermann Hesse
• Peace - Emily Greene Balch John Raleigh Mott