February 14- ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
February 20- An explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in West Germany.
May 21- At the Los Alamos Laboratory, Dr. Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of ionizing radiation.
July 5- Bikinis go on sale in Paris.
July 22- The King David Hotel, in Jerusalem (headquarters of the British administration) is bombed, killing 90.
July 25- First underwater test of the atomic bomb, near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
July 25- Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
August 18- The "Vergarolla Explosion", caused by leftover WWII landmines, kills 70 on beach holiday in Croatia.
December 7- A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, United States kills 119.
December 20- Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life", featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell, is released in New York.
January 3- Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
1946 (9 Fire Year / 1 Water 9-Year Cycle / 1 Water 81-Year Cycle)
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