April 1946

Monday 01:

1946 - Formation of the Malayan Union.

Wednesday 03:

Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

Sunday 07:

Syria's independence from Vichy France is officially recognised

Friday 12:

Syria gains independence from France

Thursday 18:

The League of Nations is dissolved.

Monday 22:

The first installment of the popular Japanese comic strip, Sazae-san, is published in the Fukunichi Shimbun.

Friday 26:

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

Monday 29:

Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.