1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) 1946 - Events. 1946 - January. January 2 - Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne. January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided in ...

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1946 - January. January 3 - John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin) January 3 - Cissy King, American dancer and singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) January 5 - Diane Keaton, American actress January 6 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer January 8 - Stanton Peele, American psychologist January 8 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors) January 11 - Naomi Judd, American singer January 11 - John Piper, American theologian

The Sixty Special Fleetwood returned after the war in 1946. This time, it was similar to the C-body Series 62, though with a 2 in stretch to the cabin and doors. More chrome (on the C-pillar this time) denoted the special model. The Sixty Special Fleetwood continued in the line through the 1950s as a stretched version of the 62. It got the new Cadillac OHV V8 in 1949. The wheelbase was dropped to 130 in for 19 ...

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After the War, the Series 61 returned on a 126 in wheelbase. The engine remained the same 346 in³ L-head V8 as before. The car was restyled in 1948, the first real postwar Cadillac, with tailfins like the Lockheed P-38. The formerly-larger Series 62 moved to the Series 61's platform, making them very similar apart from this models less-opulent interior and reduced chrome trim. The new Cadillac OHV V8 was the big news for 1949, with minor trim differences otherwise. This 331 in³ ...

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Cadillac Series 61, Cadillac Series 61 - 1939, Cadillac Series 61 - Series 63, Cadillac Series 61 - 1946, Cadillac Series 61 - 1951

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The Series 75 returned after the war as Cadillac's largest model. It retained most of its pre-war styling and rode on the long 136 in wheelbase. The engine was the same 346 in³ L-head V8 used by other Cadillacs that year. The new Cadillac OHV V8 was the big news for 1949, with minor trim differences otherwise. This 331 in³ engine produced 160 hp (119 kW). ...

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Cadillac Series 70, Cadillac Series 70 - 1936, Cadillac Series 70 - Series 80, Cadillac Series 70 - 1938, Cadillac Series 70 - Series 72, Cadillac Series 70 - 1946, Cadillac Series 70 - 1950, Cadillac Series 70 - 1954, Cadillac Series 70 - 1957

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After the War, the Series 62 returned on a 129 in wheelbase. The engine remained the same 346 in³ L-head V8 as before. The Series 62 was the first Cadillac model to reenter production, launched less than two months after tank production stopped in the company's factories. It was available as a coupe or sedan, with a four-door convertible version available as well. The Series 62 used GM's C-body platform, as did the Sixty S ...

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Early in 1946, Abercrombie was towed to San Diego where she was placed out of commission on 15 June 1946. Berthed with the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, the destroyer escort remained inactive there until sometime in the mid-1950's when she was moved to Bremerton, Washington. On 1 May 1967, her name was struck from the Navy list. In November, she was towed back to San Diego and, on 7 January 1968, the warship was sunk as a target by the guns, missiles, and aircraft of a task group built around USS Bon Homme Richard. AbercrombieSee also:

USS Abercrombie DE-343, USS Abercrombie DE-343 - May - October 1944, USS Abercrombie DE-343 - November 1944 - March 1945, USS Abercrombie DE-343 - April - December 1945, USS Abercrombie DE-343 - 1946, USS Abercrombie DE-343 - Reference

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Krefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located southwest of the Ruhr area, just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine. (The borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine.) Population: 238,100. The city was known as Crefeld until 1900. It is accessed by A57 (Cologne - Nijmegen) and the A44 (Aachen - Dusseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel) The origins of the town were in Roman times, when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep). Krefeld it ...

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The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. They once had claims on the modern canton of Vaud in Switzerland, but their access to it was cut by Geneva during the Reformation, after which it was conquered by Bern. They became Kings of Sardinia and later of Italy. Their Kingdom ended with the referendum by which Italians chose the republic as the form of state — see also birth of the Italian Republic. Und ...

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Political parties Elections The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V.) is a conservative political party in Germany. It operates exclusively in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party CDU operates in the rest of the country. Only in 1957 in the state of Saarland (in the first election after it had rejoined Germany) did the CSU run against CDU candidates, but this section of the CSU later merged with the CDU. On the federal level, the CSU is often perceived as ...

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Gurkha, also spelt as Gorkha, are people from Nepal who take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. His disciple Bappa Rawal, born Prince Kalbhoj, founded the house of Mewar. Later descendants of Bappa Rawal moved further east to found the house of Gorkha, which in turn founded the Kingdom of Nepal. Gurkhas are most well-known for their history of service as foreign sold ...

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• Gurkha - Singapore Gurkhas Contingent
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1946 in aviation - January. January 1 - a British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian becomes the first commercial flight to depart Heathrow Airport January 10 - a Sikorsky R5 sets an unofficial helicopter altitude record of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) at Stratford, Connecticut. January 26 - Col William Councill sets a new US transcontinental speed record of 4 hours 13 minu ...

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The WIFU resumed play for the first time since 1942. The IRFU increased their season play from 6 games to 12 games, per team. The Montreal Alouettes came into existence. The Regina Roughriders unofficially changed their name to become the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The name change eventually became official on April 1, 1950. Air travel was used for the first time as the Toronto Argonauts flew to Winnipeg to play pre-season games against the Blue Bombers. ...

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1 special election held due to death of John H. Bankhead II (D-AL) 2 special election held due to death of John W. Thomas (R-ID) 3 special election held due to resignation of A. B. "Happy" Chandler I (D-Ky.) 4 special election held due to death of John Moses (D-ND) 5 special election held due to death of Carter Glass (D-VA) ...

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U.S. Senate election 1946, U.S. Senate election 1946 - Senate contests in 1946, U.S. Senate election 1946 - Senate composition before and after elections

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1946 in South Africa - March. 12 March - The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, India, submitting a petition drafted in consultation with Mohandas Gandhi. India terminates the trade agreement with South Africa 15 March - The Asiatic Land Tenure Act or the Ghetto Act is amended and now states that Indians may only live where Indians had resided in non-proclaimed areas 31 March - 6,000 Indians march in protest ...

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January January 19 - Bell X-1 (unpowered) April April 24 - Mikoyan-Gurevich I-300, the Soviet Union's first jet April 24 - Yakovlev Yak-15 (three hours after the I-300) May May 17 - Douglas XB-43, first US jet bomber June June 7 - Short Sturgeon prototype RK 787 June 25 - Northrop XB-35 flying wing bomber July July 7 - Hughes XF-11 July 27 - Supermarine Attacker prototype TS 409 Augus ...

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It's 1946 and Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Charles Rankin/Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a Nazi fugitive, in Harper, Connecticut. Kindler has effectively erased his identity prior to his escape to the United States where he has secured a job as a professor and taken a new wife (Loretta Young). Wilson releases Kindler's former lieutenant Meinike (Konstantin Shayne) and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where Meinke is strangled to ...

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The Stranger 1946 film, The Stranger 1946 film - Plot, The Stranger 1946 film - Cast

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1946 in rail transport - January events. January 18 - “The Harvey Girls”, a movie starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger and set in a Harvey House Hotel, makes its American debut. The movie will win an Oscar for Best Song for Johnny Mercer’s “On The Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe”. January 21 - The Hull Electric Railway in Ottawa is fined $50 for violating a local law against moving freight on the city streets between midnight and 5:00 AM when it was delivering loads to oil companies along Laurier Avenue.See also:

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The Big Sleep features one of the most convoluted plots in cinema history. The narrative is even harder to follow given that the film leaves several elements of the story undeveloped. The various plot strands are rather precariously held together within the film’s gossamer structure. The story begins when Philip Marlowe visits his new client, General Sternwood, presumably to take care of some gambling debts left by his youngest daughter Carmen to a bookseller named Geiger. The oldest daughter, Vivian, suspects that her father is more concerned with finding out what happened to his employee Shawn Regan, wh ...

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The Big Sleep 1946 film, The Big Sleep 1946 film - Summary, The Big Sleep 1946 film - Critical Reaction

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