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April 17, 1946
On April 17, 1946, the last French troops are withdrawn from Syria. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 17, 1946
The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
Independence Day is Syria's National Day commemorating the evacuation of the last French soldier at the end of the French mandate of Syria on 17 April 1946 after Syria's proclamation of full independence on 27 September 1941.
Around 1946
The year in brief
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
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On April 17, 1946
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1946 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria. Public holiday in Syria
Independence Day is Syria's National Day commemorating the evacuation of the last French soldier at the end of the French mandate of Syria on 17 April 1946 after Syria's proclamation of full independence on 27 September 1941.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1946
- April 1 The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
- April 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
- April 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
- April 18 Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.
- April 20 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
- April 21 The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a tornado which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was 4 miles (6.4 km), among the widest tornadoes on record.
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