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April 20, 1946

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.

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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 20, 1946

  1. 1946 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.

    Intergovernmental organisation (1920–1946)

    The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April 1946 when many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations (UN) which was created in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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Died on April 20, 1946

Mae Busch Australian-born American actress (1891–1946)

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The class of 1946

Others born in 1946

Hayley Mills 1946– English actress
Tim Curry 1946– English actor and singer
Steven L. Bennett 1946– American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1972)
Paul Davies 1946– English physicist and author
Louise Harel 1946– Canadian lawyer and politician
Archy Kirkwood 1946– Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician

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