Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   In the year 1946 j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

Aug 31   In the year 1946 paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63   

Sep 02   On this day in history johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager   

Sep 03   On this day in history carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79   

Sep 04   On this day in history paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79   

Sep 05   On this day in history "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances   

Sep 05   Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game on this day in history.   

Sep 06   All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65 in the year 1946.   

Sep 08   60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) in the year 1946.   

Sep 09   In the year 1946 mynona, writer, dies at 74   

Sep 11   Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1946 first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation   

Sep 12   Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant in the year 1946.   

Sep 15   In the year 1946 dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats   

Sep 16   James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 in the year 1946.   

Sep 20   On this day in history churchill argues for a "US of Europe"   

Sep 20   First ever Cannes film festival on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1946 indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay   

Sep 21   In the year 1946 leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66   

Sep 22   Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband in the year 1946.   

Sep 24   Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs in the year 1946.   

Sep 26   1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993 in the year 1946.   

Sep 27   In the year 1946 king George II of Greece returns from exile   

Sep 28   Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies on this day in history.   

Sep 30   22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg on this day in history.   

Sep 30   22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont   

Oct 03   Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 in the year 1946.   

Oct 05   On this day in history "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs   

Oct 06   90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres in the year 1946.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of richard Cole, American tour manager   

Jan 03   In the year 1946 birth of john Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)   

Jan 03   Cissy King, American entertainer was born in the year 1946.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)   

Jan 05   "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)   

Jan 06   Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl) was born in the year 1946.   

Jan 02   In the year 1946 joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies   

Jan 03   In the year 1946 death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

Jan 04   Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died in the year 1946.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)   

Jan 09   In the year 1946 countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42   

Jan 16   On this day in history johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71   

Jan 17   Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.