William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton ( born William Jefferson Blythe III ; August 19, 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

August A. Busch Jr. became president of Anheuser-Busch in 1946 and began the creation of a national network of breweries.

On 25 August 1946 the Blue Angels switched to the Grumman F8F Bearcat | F8F-1 Bearcat and in 1947 introduced the famous " diamond " formation at the World Air Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama.

On 25 August 1946 the squadron upgraded their aircraft to the F8F-1 Bearcat.

# Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat – June – August 1946

# Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat – August 1946 – 1949

* Nicola Canali ( 12 November 1946 – 3 August 1961 )

Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946 and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey in the County of Southampton on 28 October 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth, and to their heirs male respectively.

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story was published in Britain on 17 August 1945, and a year later in the U. S., on 26 August 1946.

Coincidentally the first Australian-born Governor, Sir John Northcott on 1 August 1946, was also the first Australian-born Governor of any state.

The Assembly set August 16, 1946, as the date on which it would select a president.

The currency of Hungary is the Hungarian forint ( HUF, Ft ) since 1 August 1946.

Herbert George " H. G ." Wells ( 21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946 ) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre.

Wells died of unspecified causes on 13 August 1946 at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, London, aged 79.

" He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 16 August 1946, his ashes scattered at sea.

On August 21, 1946, Humphrey Bogart was honored in a ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater to record his hand and footprints in cement.

Keith John Moon ( 23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978 ) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who.

* Kamerun was split on 20 July 1922 into British Cameroons ( under a Resident ) and French Cameroun ( under a Commissioner until 27 August 1940, then under a Governor ), on 13 December 1946 transformed into United Nations Trust Territories, again a British ( successively under senior district officers officiating as Resident, a Special Resident and Commissioners ) and a French Trust ( under a Haut Commissaire )

* Togoland was split into British Togoland ( under an Administrator, a post filled by the colonial Governor of the British Gold Coast ( present Ghana ) except 30 September 1920 – 11 October 1923 Francis Walter Fillon Jackson ) and French Togoland ( under a Commissioner ) ( United Kingdom and France ), 20 July 1922 separate Mandates, transformed on 13 December 1946 into United Nations trust territories, French Togo Associated Territory ( under a Commissioner till 30 August 1956, then under a High Commissioner as Autonomous Republic of Togo ) and British Togoland ( as before ; on 13 December 1956 it ceased to exist as it became part of Ghana )

When Jinnah called for Direct Action, on 16 August 1946, Gandhi was infuriated and visited the most riot prone areas to stop the massacres, personally.

* 1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal ( d. 1946 )

# Decides that in adjudicating the dispute brought before it by the Application filed by the Republic of Nicaragua on 9 April 1984, the Court is required to apply the " multilateral treaty reservation " contained in proviso ( c ) to the declaration of acceptance of jurisdiction made under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court by the Government of the United States of America deposited on 26 August 1946 ;

* " How Your Dial Phone Works ", August 1946, Popular Science detailed article on subject with illustrations

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was established on 30 August 1946.

The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762, a 1775 painting by Dominic Serres.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

He was appointed Fleet Wireless Officer to the Mediterranean Fleet in August 1931, and having been promoted to commander on 31 December 1932, was posted to the battleship HMS Resolution.

on the occasion of the Review of the Home Fleet in the Solent by HM King Edward VII on 3 August 1907.

He was appointed second-in-command of the Atlantic Fleet in August 1907 and hoisted his flag in HMS Albemarle.

At the start of World War I, 4 August 1914, Admiral George Callaghan, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, was removed by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill.

From 1952, Philby struggled to find work as a journalist, eventually – in August 1954 – accepting a position with a diplomatic newsletter called the Fleet Street Letter.

* August 23 – Sino – French War: Battle of Fuzhou: French Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron virtually destroys China's Fujian Fleet.

Both squadrons of the Russian Pacific Fleet would ultimately become dispersed during the battles of the Yellow Sea on 10 August and the Ulsan on 14 August 1904.

He reported on board on July 3, 1931, and served in that destroyer tender until his transfer to the Fleet Reserve on August 10, 1939.

He was promoted to Vice-Admiral in August 1916, the youngest man at that rank, and was made commander of the Black Sea Fleet, replacing Admiral Eberhart.

After stints as Commandant of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, Commander of the IJN 2nd Fleet, then the IJN 3rd Fleet, then Kure Naval District, he became a full admiral on 3 August 1923.

*, was a battleship launched 24 March 1898, sailed with the Great White Fleet, participated in World War I and World War II then sold for scrapping 9 August 1955

Although the plan had been agreed by the Admiralty, Admiral John Jellicoe commanding the Grand Fleet was not informed until 26 August.

There were occasional signal successes as well ; on 17 August 1940, Gladiators covering the Mediterranean Fleet shot down eight Savoia-Marchetti SM. 79 bombers without loss.

Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., United States Navy, ( October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959 ) ( commonly referred to as " Bill " or " Bull " Halsey ), was a U. S. Naval officer.

Entrance to the Inner Temple from Fleet Street in August 2012.

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG ( 8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799 ) was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.

*** Fleet Air Wing Six 4 August 1950 – End of war

From September 1945 to August 1946 it was a Royal Navy shore base " HMS Nabcatcher " the name previously attached to a Mobile Naval Air Base for the Fleet Air Arm.