Page 12: Historical Events In 1946

Oct 16   10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials.   

Oct 16   Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged   

Oct 18   Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

Oct 20   Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants   

Oct 22   2 British ships sink near Albania.   

Oct 22   Corporal J R Sewell, 10th Australian Bomb Disposal Platoon, BCOF, is awarded the George Medal for his rescue of Japanese survivors after an explosion in a boat carrying high explosives.   

Oct 23   UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st NYC-Flushing Meadows)   

Oct 23   UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (inaugural NYC) (Flushing Meadows)   

Oct 24   Netherlands and Indonesia sign cease fire.   

Oct 25   1st trial against nazi war criminals (Neurenberg)   

Oct 27   In this year, Georgi Domitrovs National Front claims Bulgaria elections (78%).   

Oct 28   German rocket engineers begin work in USSR.   

Oct 29   John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies   

Nov 01   West German state of Niedersachsen formed   

Nov 03   Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution   

Nov 04   "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances.   

Nov 04   UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed.   

Nov 05   John F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives   

Nov 05   John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives.   

Nov 05   Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 06   Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer, dies at 76   

Nov 07   "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances.   

Nov 08   Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse," premieres in Paris   

Nov 09   Pres Truman ends wage/price freeze   

Nov 10   Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election.   

Nov 12   1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)   

Nov 12   inaugural drive-in bank window established (Chicago).   

Nov 12   Walt Disney's "Song Of The South" released   

Nov 13   1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA.   

Nov 13   The inaugural artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA.   

Nov 14   Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, results in the deaths of 11   

Nov 14   Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies.   

Nov 15   House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley   

Nov 18   Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86.   

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Jan 02   Richard cole: American tour manager   

Jan 03   John paul jones [john baldwin]: Rock bassist (led zeppelin - stairway to heaven)   

Jan 03   Cissy king: American entertainer   

Jan 04   Bernard sumner: Rocker (new order-round & round)   

Jan 04   Susannah mccorkle: American jazz singer    

Jan 05   "crazy barret diamond" syd: Rocker (pink floyd)   

Jan 05   Diane keaton: [hall], la, actress (annie hall, little drummer girl)   

Jan 06   Harold jackson: Hattiesburg, ms, nfl wide receiver (la, new engl)   

Jan 02   Joe darling: Cricketer (aussie captain 21 tests, won 7 lost 4),    

Jan 03   William joyce: (lord haw haw), hanged in britain for treason   

Jan 04   Barney oldfield: Daredevil,   

Jan 05   Kitty cheatham: American singer (b. 1864)   

Jan 07   Adamo didur: Polish tenor (b. 1874)   

Jan 09   Countee cullen: Us poet (black christ, one way to heaven),    

Jan 16   Johanna hc albregt: Actress/wife of henri dons (paradise),   

Jan 17   Gottfried rudinger: Composer,