Politics & Government
This president led the US in 1946 following WWII.
Who is Harry S. Truman
This bill helped returning soldiers pay for college and housing.
What is the GI Bill?
This U.S. President was born in 1946 in Connecticut.
Who is George W. Bush?
This animated rabbit, known for asking "What's up, Doc?", was already a major cartoon star by 1946 thanks to Warner Bros. shorts.
Who is Bugs Bunny?
In 1946, scientists studying this invisible force began developing technologies that would later lead to MRI scanners and nuclear power.
What is radioactivity?
This international organization held its first General Assembly in 1946.
What is the United Nations?
This baby boom began as soldiers returned home after this war.
What is World War II?
This English singer, born in 1946, helped define the "British Invasion" and is known for his signature lips-and-tongue logo association.
Who is Mick Jagger?
This 1946 film by Frank Capra was initially a box office disappointment, but later became a holiday classic.
What is It's A Wonderful life?
This deadly weapon, used in 1945, led to the creation of a new U.S. agency in 1946?
What is the atomic bomb?
This 1946 speech by Winston Churchill warned of an "iron curtain".
What is the Iron Curtain speech?
This famous war crimes trial continued into 1946 in Germany.
What are the Nuremburg Trials?
This 1946-born performer became a fitness icon in the 1980s with bestselling workout videos.
Who is Jane Fonda?
Debuting in 1946, this international film festival held on the French riviera would become one of the most prestigious in cinema.
What is the Cannes Film Festival?
Unveiled in 1946, this machine could perform thousands of calculations per second but required frequent manual rewiring to change tasks.
What is EINAC?
The Republicans gained control of Congress in this election year?
What is the 1946 midterm election.
This general was relieved of a command in 1946 and later returned to the U.S. as a hero.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This Seattle-born tech pioneer dropped out of Harvard before becoming a billionaire and appearing in the Epstein Files?
Who is Bill Gates?
This fictional detective created by Agatha Christie remained hugely popular in the mid-1940s, known for his "little Grey cells".
Who is Hercule Poirot?
This "bug" found in a 1940s computer wasn't a glitch in code - but an actual insect discovered stuck in the machine, becoming the origin of the term "computer bug".
What is a moth?
This act reorganized Congress to improve efficiency and oversight.
What is the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946?
This operation helped bring war brides to the U.S. after WWII.
What is Operation War Bride?
This controversial real estate mogul and future president was born in 1946 in New York.
Who is Donald Trump?
This singer known as "Ol Blue Eyes" rose to fame in the 1940s
This German-born physicist, already famous by 1946, wrote a letter years earlier that helped spur U.S. atomic research?
Who is Albert Einstein?