Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed in the year 1946.  

Aug 31   Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   In the year 1946 johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager  

Sep 03   Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1946 paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79  

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

Sep 05   Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game in the year 1946.  

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

Sep 07   Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 09   Mynona, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) in the year 1946.  

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

Sep 12   On this day in history court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels  

Sep 13   On this day in history boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant  

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

Sep 16   James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 20   In the year 1946 first ever Cannes film festival  

Sep 21   Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 in the year 1946.  

Sep 22   In the year 1946 evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband  

Sep 24   In the year 1946 yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs  

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

Sep 27   On this day in history king George II of Greece returns from exile  

Sep 28   Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies in the year 1946.  

Sep 30   22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg in the year 1946.  

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

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

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

Oct 03   On this day in history cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0  

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

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

Oct 07   Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1946 birth of cissy King, American entertainer  

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

Jan 04   Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl) was born in the year 1946.  

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   Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 in the year 1946.  

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

Jan 07   Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1946 gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59