Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

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

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   In the year 1946 carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79   

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

Sep 05   In the year 1946 "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   On this day in history paul Zech, writer, dies at 65   

Sep 08   In the year 1946 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   First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 21   On this day in history leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66   

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

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

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

Sep 27   King George II of Greece returns from exile in the year 1946.   

Sep 28   On this day in history jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies   

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   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   "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs on this day in history.   

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

Oct 07   On this day in history charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres   

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Jan 02   Richard Cole, American tour manager was born in the year 1946.   

Jan 03   John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born in the year 1946.   

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 in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl) was born in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 03   William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason died in the year 1946.   

Jan 04   Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1946.