Editing 1946 (section)

===July===
{{Main|July 1946}}
* [[July 1]] – [[Nuclear testing]]: [[Operation Crossroads]], a series of [[nuclear weapon]] tests conducted by the [[United States and nuclear weapons|United States]] at [[Bikini Atoll]] in [[Micronesia]], is initiated by the detonation of ''Able'' at an altitude of 520 feet (158&nbsp;m).<br/>[[File:Operation Crossroads Baker Edit.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[July 25]]: Undersea Atomic Test Baker]]
* [[July 4]]
** After more than 48 years of American dominance, the [[Philippines]] attains full independence as the 3rd Republic; [[Manuel A. Roxas]] is 5th [[President of the Philippines]]. It marks the end of nearly 400 years of colonial era when the [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]] took control since April 27, 1565.
** The [[Kielce Pogrom]] takes place in [[Poland]].
* [[July 5]] – The [[bikini]] is first modeled in Paris.
* [[July 16]] – The [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) within the [[Department of the Interior]] is formed by the merger of the [[Grazing Service]] and [[United States General Land Office]].
* [[July 21]] – An [[Irgun]] bomb explodes in [[Jerusalem]], due to secretive talks between Jews and Britain to consolidate the state of Israel.
* [[July 22]] – [[King David Hotel bombing]]: The [[Irgun]] bombs the [[King David Hotel]] (headquarters of the British civil and military administration) in [[Jerusalem]], killing 90.
* [[July 25]]
** [[Nuclear testing]]: In the first underwater test of the [[atomic bomb]], the surplus {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} is sunk near [[Bikini Atoll]] in the Pacific Ocean, when the United States detonates the ''Baker'' device during [[Operation Crossroads]].
** At Club 500 in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] stage their first show as a [[comedy]] team.
** In the last mass lynching in the United States, a mob of white men [[Moore's Ford lynchings|shoot and kill]] two [[African-American]] couples, near Moore's Ford Bridge in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].