Historical Events In 1946

May 13   Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey on this day in history.   

May 13   In the year 1946 uS convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death   

May 13   On this day in history winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

May 14   In the year 1946 paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres   

May 14   In the year 1946 the House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; first nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians   

May 16   The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on this day in history.   

May 17   KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections on this day in history.   

May 17   President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike in the year 1946.   

May 19   Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

May 20   Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances in the year 1946.   

May 20   On this day in history the birth of Cher, American actress   

May 22   On this day in history yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

May 24   Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch in the year 1946.   

May 25   Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on this day in history.   

May 25   Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1946.   

May 25   Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

May 26   On this day in history 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball   

May 26   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies in the year 1946.   

May 26   Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

May 26   In the year 1946 patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

May 28   In the year 1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)   

May 29   KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands on this day in history.   

May 30   In the year 1946 united flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die   

Jun 01   Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   In the year 1946 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)   

Jun 03   In the year 1946 michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60   

Jun 04   On this day in history largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed   

Jun 05   Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill) in the year 1946.   

Jun 06   On this day in history 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season   

Jun 06   Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1946 bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)   

Jun 07   In the year 1946 pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants   

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Jan 02   Richard Cole, American tour manager was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1946 birth of cissy King, American entertainer   

Jan 04   Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) was born in the year 1946.   

Jan 04   In the year 1946 birth of susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 birth of "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 birth of diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)   

Jan 02   Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies in the year 1946.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

Jan 04   On this day in history barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)   

Jan 07   In the year 1946 death of adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)   

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

Jan 16   Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71 in the year 1946.   

Jan 17   On this day in history gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59