March 1946

Friday 01:

The Bank of England is nationalised.

Saturday 02:

Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.

Tuesday 05:

Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

Wednesday 06:

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

Tuesday 19:

French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.

Thursday 28:

Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.