began to chant, "No food, no work". The next day, another 20,000 ratings in Bombay joined the strike, and over the next days, rioting broke out. Before order was restored on February 24, there were 223 deaths and 1,037 injuries. Pope Pius XII announced the appointment of 32 new Roman Catholic cardinals, the first since 1940. Twenty-eight of the appointees received the red hat in Rome on February 21. A federal judge in California ruled that segregation in four school districts was unconstitutional. Schools in El Modena, Garden Grove, Westminster and Santa Ana had separated Mexican-American students from English-speaking students. Two months later, California repealed a law permitting segregated schools for Asian-Americans. The decision in Mendez v. Westminster was upheld on appeal in 1947. Born: Karen Silkwood, American activist and subject of 1983 film Silkwood, in Longview, Texas (d. 1974) February 19, 1946 (Tuesday) The Cabinet Mission to India was announced in the British House of Commons by Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India. He, along with Sir Stafford Cripps of the Board of Trade, and Albert V. Alexander, the Minister of Defence, would depart on March 15 in order to meet with representatives on the eventual independence of British India. February 20, 1946 (Wednesday) The American Employment Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1021, was signed into law by President Truman. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced plans "to effect the transference of power to responsible India hands by a date not later than June 1948". The Allied Powers government in Japan ended the three century old tradition of "kōshō" licensed prostitution. Born: Sandy Duncan, American comedian, stage and TV actress, and singer; in New London, Texas February 21, 1946 (Thursday) Uprisings against colonial rule took place across Asia, with disturbances in Egypt, India, Singapore and Indonesia. Americans United for World Government was announced as the new name for the two-year-old global federalist group Americans United for World Organization. AUWG Chairman Raymond Swing announced that there was need for a world government to control atomic weapons. Born: Alan Rickman, English film actor (Harry Potter), in Hammersmith, London (d. 2016) Tyne Daly, American TV and stage actress (Cagney and Lacey), in Madison, Wisconsin February 22, 1946 (Friday) "The Long Telegram" was sent from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the U.S. Department of State and would become the basis of American foreign policy for nearly fifty years. At