On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Amsterdam Av and 184 St W: Knickerbocker Ice Mfg Co unused ice house
proposals deadlocked; US expected to press Assembly to give priority to atomic control; Spaak proposal to subcom to delay question until '47 Assembly meeting rejected by USSR
R R Nathan rept, prepared for CIO, holds total corporate business can support 25% wage rise; gives statistics on rise of profits after taxes, since '44, and estimates '47 profits after wage rise grant, based on '36-39 level; G Terborgh and G Romney score rept
acts to bar bail cut for Scottoriggio murder witnesses; moves to hold E Tizol as witness
1946Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver[†]
Emerson Fittipaldi is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1972 and 1974 with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he won 14 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Fittipaldi won the IndyCar World Series in 1989 with Patrick, and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.
1946United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted.[†]
United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 was adopted unanimously on 12 December 1946. The Council recommended that the General Assembly admit Siam as a member state.