"Night of the Bridges" took place as agents of the Palmach, a strike force of the Zionist group Haganah, destroyed eleven highway and railway bridges on the night of June 16–17. Author Joseph Heller commented later "Ten bridges connecting Palestine with the neighboring states were destroyed with no casualties. British occupying forces rounded many of the Haganah members in Operation Agatha days later. June 17, 1946 (Monday) Jordan achieved independence when the Treaty of London officially came into effect. Mobile Telephone Service (MTS), the first "car phone" service in the United States, was introduced by AT&T in St. Louis, Missouri, working in conjunction with Southwestern Bell. With the aid of a radio tower that transmitted on 120 kHz and could handle only one call at a time, customers could place and receive phone calls in their automobiles. The service was then instituted in other American cities. To call someone on an MTS phone, a person would first call an AT&T operator, who would then send a signal to the designated MTS telephone number. Calls from an auto were also operator assisted. A tornado swept through Detroit and then across the U.S.-Canada border into Windsor, Ontario, killing 17 people. Born: Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative (D-Ohio) since 1983; in Toledo, Ohio June 18, 1946 (Tuesday) In Goa, at that time part of the colony of Portuguese India, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia began the passive resistance movement against the Portuguese administration to become part of an independent India. The resistance continued for 15 years until Goa and other Portuguese colonies were invaded by the Indian army and annexed. Goa became India's 25th state in 1987. Born: Russell Ash, British children's author known for The Top 10 of Everything and its sequels; in Surrey (d. 2010) Bruiser Brody (ring name for as Frank Goodish), American professional wrestler; in Detroit (d. 1988) June 19, 1946 (Wednesday) Georges Bidault was elected as the Provisional President of France by the National Assembly, with 389 votes out of the 586 possible. Communist legislators refused to participate in the vote. A rematch between world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and challenger Billy Conn attracted 45,266 fight fans to Yankee Stadium, while another 140,000 viewed the fight on the NBC television network (including broadcasts in theaters). After a lackluster fight, Louis knocked Conn out in the eighth round.; Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Union's representative to the United Nations submitted a