Page 7: Historical Events In 1946

May 13   In the year 1946 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey   

May 13   In the year 1946 uS convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death   

May 13   Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam in the year 1946.   

May 14   Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres in the year 1946.   

May 14   The House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; first nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians in the year 1946.   

May 16   The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on this day in history.   

May 17   On this day in history kVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections   

May 17   President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike in the year 1946.   

May 19   On this day in history dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam   

May 20   Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances in the year 1946.   

May 20   The birth of Cher, American actress on this day in history.   

May 22   On this day in history yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

May 24   Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch on this day in history.   

May 25   Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on this day in history.   

May 25   Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

May 25   On this day in history patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

May 26   2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball in the year 1946.   

May 26   In the year 1946 friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

May 26   Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

May 26   In the year 1946 patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

May 28   1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1) on this day in history.   

May 29   In the year 1946 kVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands   

May 30   United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed in the year 1946.   

Jun 02   On this day in history italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)   

Jun 03   1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60 in the year 1946.   

Jun 04   In the year 1946 largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed   

Jun 05   On this day in history fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)   

Jun 06   In the year 1946 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season   

Jun 06   Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1946.   

Jun 06   On this day in history henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV   

Jun 07   Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants   

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

Jan 03   John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.