1946

Events

 * Unveiling of the first computer ENIAC
 * Carbon dating discovered.
 * Dacron patented.
 * League of Nations dissolved.
 * Trygve Lie is elected first secretary-general of the UN.
 * Paris peace conference.
 * Nuremberg trials.
 * Central Intelligence Agency formed.
 * Jordan gains self-government.
 * Civil war begins in Indochina between the Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh and French.
 * The two piece bathing suit is released and adopts the name 'bikini' from the atomic testing at Bikini Atoll.