July 1946

Thursday 04:

After 381 years of colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States.

Friday 05:

The bikini is introduced.

Sunday 07:

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

Saturday 20:

The U.S. Congress's Pearl Harbor Committee says Franklin D. Roosevelt was completely blameless for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and calls for a unified command structure in the armed forces.

Monday 22:

King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration, killing 90.

Thursday 25:

At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.