1946
ID: 1570
Frederick Osborn (AES President): 'Before 1930, eugenics had a racial and social class bias... not based on any scientific foundation'
ID: 1570
1946
ID: 1571
Paul Popenoe to Verschuer: 'It was indeed a pleasure to hear from you again. I have been very anxious about my colleagues in Germany'
ID: 1571
1946
ID: 1572
Lucky Luciano deported to Italy; OSS dissolved; Control Data Corporation origins
ID: 1572
1946
ID: 1573
Reinhard Gehlen negotiates with US intelligence - his Nazi network becomes foundation of CIA operations
ID: 1573
1946
ID: 1574
Bruce Edwards Ivins born
ID: 1574
1946
ID: 1575
President Truman officially approves expanded Operation Paperclip for 1,000 German scientists
ID: 1575
1946
ID: 1576
First media reports reveal Operation Paperclip's existence
ID: 1576
1946
ID: 1578
ENIAC computer demonstrates high-frequency electronics
ID: 1578
1946
ID: 1579
Medical literature reports vaccine deaths with detailed autopsy findings
ID: 1579
1946
ID: 4242
IBM introduces Type 602-A Calculating Punch and 603 Electronic Multiplier - first IBM products with vacuum tubes
ID: 4242
1946
ID: 4254
EMCC receives contract from U.S. Census Bureau for UNIVAC I - first computer designed for business use
ID: 4254
1946
ID: 4295
Alan Turing proposes Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) design at National Physical Laboratory
ID: 4295
1946
ID: 4296
Engineering Research Associates founded by Navy cryptographers and William Norris - builds computers for military
ID: 4296
1946
ID: 4573
Jean Leray develops sheaf theory in POW camp - revolutionizes algebraic topology
ID: 4573
1946
ID: 4995
January 16, 1946
Pope Pius XII declares St. Anthony of Padua Doctor of the Church - 'Evangelical Doctor'
ID: 4995
1946
ID: 4252
February 1946
Eckert and Mauchly complete ENIAC at University of Pennsylvania - first general-purpose electronic digital computer
ID: 4252
1946
ID: 5636
July 4, 1946
The Philippines gains full independence from the United States, becoming the Republic of the Philippines
ID: 5636
1946
ID: 1580
September 10, 1946
Mother Teresa receives 'call within call' - 'I was to leave the convent and work with the poor'
ID: 1580
1946
ID: 1577
November 22, 1946
Louis Budenz's Congressional testimony: 'The Communists everywhere plan to wage war on the Catholic Church'
ID: 1577
1946
ID: 4253
December 1946
Eckert and Mauchly leave University of Pennsylvania to found Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) to build UNIVAC
ID: 4253