December 1946

Saturday 07:

A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people.

Monday 09:

Doctors' Trial: The trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity began for medical researchers involved in the horrors of Nazi human experimentation .

Wednesday 11:

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.

Thursday 12:

A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.

Saturday 14:

UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City

Monday 16:

Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France

Thursday 19:

Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi

Tuesday 24:

France's Fourth Republic founded

Thursday 26:

Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas

Tuesday 31:

President Harry Truman officially proclaims an end of hostilities in World War II.