19 Mar 1946
- Captain Frank Robinson Walker was named the commanding officer of USS Astoria. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | CPC]
- The Soviet Council of Commissars was renamed the Council of Ministers. Joseph Stalin remained as the chairman of the council. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | Moscow | CPC]
- Lavrentiy Beria was named one of the deputies of the newly renamed Soviet Council of Ministers. ww2dbase [Lavrentiy Beria | Moscow | CPC]
- Sergei Kruglov was named the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the Soviet Council of Ministers. ww2dbase [Moscow | CPC]
- Vsevolod Merkulov was named the Minister of State Security (MGB) in the Soviet Council of Ministers. ww2dbase [Vsevolod Merkulov | Moscow | CPC]
- USS Puffer arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Puffer | San Francisco, California | CPC]
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