Historical Events In 1946

Oct 08   In the year 1946 kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China  

Oct 09   1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 in the year 1946.  

Oct 09   The first electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 in the year 1946.  

Oct 10   On this day in history max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich  

Oct 10   On this day in history the birth of Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire)  

Oct 12   On this day in history joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies  

Oct 14   On this day in history netherland & Indonesia sign cease fire  

Oct 15   On this day in history hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison  

Oct 15   Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison in the year 1946.  

Oct 15   In the year 1946 smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)  

Oct 16   10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged  

Oct 18   On this day in history aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres  

Oct 20   In the year 1946 frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants  

Oct 22   On this day in history 2 British ships sink near Albania  

Oct 22   In the year 1946 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) on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1946 uN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (First NYC) (Flushing Meadows)  

Oct 24   On this day in history netherlands & Indonesia sign cease fire  

Oct 25   On this day in history 1st trial against nazi war criminals (Neurenberg)  

Oct 27   Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) on this day in history.  

Oct 28   German rocket engineers begin work in USSR in the year 1946.  

Oct 29   John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 01   West German state of Niedersachsen formed on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution in the year 1946.  

Nov 04   "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances in the year 1946.  

Nov 04   On this day in history uN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed  

Nov 05   In the year 1946 john F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives  

Nov 05   John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1946.  

Nov 06   Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1946.  

Nov 07   "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Nov 09   In the year 1946 pres Truman ends wage/price freeze  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)  

Jan 03   Cissy King, American entertainer was born in the year 1946.  

Jan 04   In the year 1946 birth of bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)  

Jan 02   On this day in history joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died in the year 1946.  

Jan 07   In the year 1946 death of adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)  

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

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

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