Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

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

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

Sep 02   Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1946.   

Sep 04   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   On this day in history 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

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

Sep 11   On this day in history arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)   

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   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

Sep 20   In the year 1946 churchill argues for a "US of Europe"   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1946 truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles.   

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

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

Oct 05   In the year 1946 "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs   

Oct 06   90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct in the year 1946.   

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

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

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

Jan 04   Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) was born in the year 1946.   

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

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

Jan 06   Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason died on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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