France <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1946_French_constitutional_referendum" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="October 1946 French constitutional referendum">adopts</a> the constitution of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Fourth Republic">Fourth Republic</a>.