page_title: April 1946
section_title: April 17, 1946 (Wednesday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1946 / April 17, 1946 (Wednesday)
caption_attribution_description: 幣原喜重郎 / Kijūrō Shidehara (1872 -1951)
context_page_description: The following events occurred in April 1946:
context_section_description: In the first large scale protest against American occupation since Japan's 1945 surrender, an estimated 200,000 Japanese demonstrators marched in Tokyo in protest against the U.S.-selected Prime Minister, Kijūrō Shidehara.   The SCAP occupation sent in U.S. soldiers to disperse the crowd.
  Syria's independence from France was made complete with the withdrawal of the last occupying forces from that nation.  April 17 is still recognized as "evacuation day".
  The Western film The Virginian starring Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts and Barbara Britton was released.
  Died: Jack Quinn (baseball), 62, American baseball player 1909–1933, and one of the last three who could legally throw a "spitball"
caption: American selection Shidehara
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