January 1946

Wednesday 02:

Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne.

Sunday 06:

William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason at the age of 39

Thursday 10:

First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.

Friday 11:

Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.

Thursday 17:

The UN Security Council holds its first session.

Saturday 19:

General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

Friday 25:

The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.

Saturday 26:

Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.

Monday 28:

Bluenose, Canada's greatest sailing ship, founders on a Haitian reef.

Thursday 31:

Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).