The following events occurred in February 1946:
February 14, 1946: ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, begins operation. This photo has been artificially darkened, obscuring details such as the women who were present and the IBM equipment in use.
February 1, 1946: Trygve Lie becomes first UN Secretary General
February 16, 1946: The S-51, the first commercial helicopter, makes its first flight
February 9, 1946: Stalin says that Inter-Capitalist war is inevitable
The following events occurred in January 1946:
January 25, 1946: MacArthur spares Emperor Hirohito from war crimes trial
...replacing the Mercury dime
George Woolf
William Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw"