Abakumov was the head of SMERSH from 1943 to 1946 ; his relationship with Beria was marked by close collaboration ( since Abakumov owed his rise to Beria's support and esteem ), but also by rivalry.

The transformations of Bulgaria into a People's Republic in 1946 and Republic of Bulgaria marked significant changes in the city's appearance.

The Beetle had marked a significant trend led by Volkswagen, Fiat, and Renault whereby the rear-engine, rear-wheel drive layout had increased from 2. 6 percent of continental Western Europe's car production in 1946 to 26. 6 percent in 1956.

* The Baby Boom Generation is the generation that was born following World War II, from 1946 up to 1964, a time that was marked by an increase in birth rates.

It was not until after World War II that what is considered today to be true private equity investments began to emerge marked by the founding of the first two venture capital firms in 1946: American Research and Development Corporation.

The demise of the club marked the beginning of the NHL's Original Six era from 1942 to 1967, though the Amerks ' franchise was not formally canceled until 1946.

* Text of the famous " Stuttgart speech ", September 6, 1946 The speech marked the change in U. S. occupation policy in Germany towards reconstruction.

This prevented a West Coast team playing in the Rose Bowl for the first time, and it also marked the first match up since 1946 to not feature the traditional pairing of Pac-10 vs. Big Ten teams.

The economist John Maynard Keynes ( 1883 – 1946 ) lived at 46 Gordon Square, marked by a Blue Plaque.

Candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics ; players selected by the Old-Timers Committee in 1946 marked with an asterisk:

The year 1946 also marked his entry into the Territorial Assembly of Dahomey, becoming one of its inaugural 30 representatives.

Not only did Evans appear on Broadway as Hamlet four times, but the productions of the play that he appeared in were consecutive revivals of it-no other actor played Hamlet on Broadway between 1938, when Evans first played him there, and 1946, which marked Evans's last Broadway Hamlet.

This marked the first time National had ever held the Christchurch Central electorate since its creation in 1946.

The American period covering some 45 years ( December, 1898 to July 3, 1946, except for a few years under the Japanese occupation ) saw marked changes in the socio-cultural, economic and political complexion of the area and its people.

The section of MD 193 south of MD 410 was marked as an alternate route of US 240 by 1946, a designation it retained until the 1960s.

In 1946 the ENIAC ( Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ) of John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly followed, beginning the computing era.

While hosting The Victor Borge Show on NBC beginning in 1946, he developed many of his trademarks, including repeatedly announcing his intent to play a piece but getting " distracted " by something or other, making comments about the audience, or discussing the usefulness of Chopin's " Minute Waltz " as an egg timer.

The Antigua Labour Party ( ALP ), formed by Bird and other trade unionists, first ran candidates in the 1946 elections and became the majority party in 1951 beginning a long history of electoral victories.

With the integration of Organized Baseball, beginning 1946, all leagues simply lost elite players to white leagues, and historians do not consider any Negro league " major " after 1950.

Astor Piazzolla and Gerry Mulligan at the " Summit " recording, Milan, Italy 1974 .</ br > Photograph by Pino Presti Piazzolla, after leaving Troilo's orchestra in the 1940s, led numerous ensembles beginning with the 1946 Orchestra, the 1955 Octeto Buenos Aires, the 1960 " First Quintet ", the 1971 Conjunto 9 (" Noneto "), the 1978 " Second Quintet " and the 1989 New Tango Sextet.

With the war over, Navy Pier went to the University of Illinois, which used the facility beginning in 1946 for a two-year undergraduate program primarily serving returning veterans.

Denazification in Germany was attempted through a series of directives issued by the Allied Control Council, seated in Berlin, beginning in January 1946.

While Follies was a hit, Yolanda bombed at the box office and Astaire, ever insecure and believing his career was beginning to falter, surprised his audiences by announcing his retirement during the production of Blue Skies ( 1946 ), nominating " Puttin ' on the Ritz " as his farewell dance.

Despite suffering from stage fright, he continued to work after the war, beginning his professional career in the summer of 1946 in a touring show called For the Fun of It.

Mortimer L. Schiff – After a long tenure as vice-president of the BSA beginning in 1910, during which he also appeared on the cover of Time magazine on February 14, 1927, Mortimer L. Schiff was elected as president in 1931, but died after serving one month and Walter Head returned until 1946.

* Harvey Dinkins ( 1900 – 1962 ), a farm writer for the Winston-Salem Journal and early radio and television personality for WSJS, beginning in 1946.

Holman served in World War II and attended classes at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S. C. beginning in 1946.

This included the establishment of three research stations beginning with Alice Holt Lodge in 1946.

R. S. Thomas ( 1913 – 2000 ) was the most eminent Welsh poet writing in English throughout the second half of the twentieth century, beginning with The Stones of the Field ( 1946 ) and concluding with No Truce with the Furies ( 1995 ).

In poetry R. S. Thomas ( 1913 – 2000 ) was the most important figure throughout the second half of the twentieth century, beginning with The Stones of the Field in 1946 and concluding with No Truce with the Furies ( 1995 ).

The African Renaissance concept was first articulated by Cheikh Anta Diop in a series of essays beginning in 1946, which are collected in his book " Towards the African Renaissance: Essays in Culture and Development, 1946-1960 ,".

Chinese names in other East Asian countries have been influenced by the adoption of Hangul in Korea during the 1890s ; the Japanese script reform beginning in 1900 and expanded after 1946 into the modern shinjitai ; and the adoption of the Portuguese-based Quốc Ngữ script for Vietnamese after World War I.

These messages were slowly and gradually decrypted beginning in 1946 and continuing ( many times at a low-level of effort in the latter years ) through 1980, when the Venona program was terminated, and the remaining amount of effort that was being spent on it was moved to more important projects.

It was in the minds of its first partners and promoters, the eventual founders: Luis Coulson, Gilberto Escobar, Julián Restrepo, Joaquín Londoño, and Gustavo Correa who, from the beginning of 1946 began to bring their dream to fruition.

May 1946 and this date is considered by The Polish Book Institute as the beginning of 70 years copyright expiration period.

It was produced in New York and was syndicated beginning in 1946.

Savalas also gained life experience with a three-year period ( 1943 – 1946 ) in the US Army during World War II, working for the US State Department as host of the Your Voice of America series, then at ABC News, before beginning an acting career in his late thirties.

It was developed by the Soviet inventor and science fiction author Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues, beginning in 1946.

Noam Chomsky was Harris's student, beginning as an undergraduate in 1946.

In 1946, shortly after the end of Norman's tenure, the bank was nationalised by the Labour government.

During Lee A. DuBridge's tenure as Caltech's president ( 1946 – 1969 ), Caltech's faculty doubled and the campus tripled in size.

During Siodmak's tenure, Universal made the most of the noir style, but the capstone was The Killers in 1946.

* Everett Case, nicknamed " Gray Fox ," basketball coach notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, 1946 – 1964

Riley served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Pulaski County ( Little Rock ) from 1946 to 1950 even though he was in Washington County at the university for the majority of the time during his legislative tenure.

Age 30, Botha was elected head of the National Party Youth in 1946, and two years later won a race for the House of Assembly as representative of George in the southern Cape Province in the general election which saw the beginning of the National Party's 46-year tenure in power.

He was a professor at Yale University from 1939 to 1946, but was denied tenure because of his defense of emotivism.

Layden's tenure as NFL commissioner came to an end in January 1946.

Founded in 1946, the Fighters called Tokyo home for 58 years, as co-tenants of the Tokyo Dome with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants near the end of their tenure in the capital city.

During his tenure as chaplain to the Catholic students at McGill University from 1942 to 1956, he was also named director of the English section of Catholic Action ( 1944 ) and president of the Thomas More Institute for Adult Education ( 1946 ), and earned his doctorate in theology ( 1947 ).

Everett Norris Case ( June 21, 1900 – April 30, 1966 ), nicknamed " Gray Fox ", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964.

Following his retirement from Purdue, he served as Commissioner of the National Basketball League during the final three years ( 1946 – 49 ) of that league's tenure and was instrumental in its merger with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association.

During his tenure at West Point, Blaik coached three Heisman trophy winners, Doc Blanchard in 1945, Glenn Davis in 1946 and Pete Dawkins in 1958, as well as a total of 11 Hall of Fame players.

Francis Xavier Healy ( born September 6, 1946 in Holyoke, Massachusetts ), is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known for his long tenure calling television broadcasts for the New York Mets on the MSG Network and Fox Sports Net New York.

Ullal Srinivasa Mallya ( 11 November 1902 – 19 January 1965 ) was an Indian Politician. In served an 18 year tenure as member of Parliament, from 1946 – 1965.