The following events occurred in October 1946:
October 24, 1946: V-2 rocket takes first picture of Earth from outer space
October 1, 1946: Twelve convicted Nazi war criminals sentenced to be hanged October 16
October 15, 1946: Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring poisons himself, avoids execution
Hansson
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"