February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of burial February 2, 1946
The temperature on February 2, 1946 was between 6.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
March 19 » French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
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