It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. January 1 – The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law. January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. January 19 – Ferry sinks in the South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392. January 24 – In the third phase of the Greek Civil War, Dimitrios Maximos forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister. January 26 – A KLM Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, killing all 22 people on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf, second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer Grace Moore. January 31 – The Communists take power in the Polish People's Republic. February February 3 The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in Snag, in the Yukon Territory. Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries. February 5 Bolesław Bierut becomes the President of Poland. The Government of the United Kingdom announces the £25 million Tanganyika groundnut scheme, for cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory. February 7 – The South Pacific Commission (SPC) is founded. February 8 – The Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, Germany, kills over 80 people. February 10 – In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland. Italy cedes most of Istria to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Croatia). February 12 A meteorite creates an impact