Page 11: 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   Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager on this day in history.   

Sep 03   In the year 1946 carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79   

Sep 04   Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1946 "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances   

Sep 05   In the year 1946 joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game   

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   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) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 12   In the year 1946 court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels   

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

Sep 15   Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats on this day in history.   

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

Sep 20   Churchill argues for a "US of Europe" on this day in history.   

Sep 20   First ever Cannes film festival in the year 1946.   

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 in the year 1946.   

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   On this day in history 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg   

Sep 30   In the year 1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial   

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 in the year 1946.   

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 in the year 1946.   

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   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   Cissy King, American entertainer was born on this day in history.   

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   Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1946 barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 death of kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)   

Jan 07   In the year 1946 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   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