Page 7: Historical Events In 1946
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
May 13 In the year 1946 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey
May 13 US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death on this day in history.
May 13 Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on this day in history.
May 14 On this day in history paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres
May 14 The House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; first nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians on this day in history.
May 16 In the year 1946 the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens
May 17 KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections in the year 1946.
May 17 In the year 1946 president Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
May 19 In the year 1946 dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam
May 20 On this day in history cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances
May 20 On this day in history the birth of Cher, American actress
May 22 Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1946.
May 25 On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)
May 25 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.
May 26 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball in the year 1946.
May 26 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies in the year 1946.
May 26 Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.
May 26 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb in the year 1946.
May 28 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1) in the year 1946.
May 29 In the year 1946 kVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
May 30 In the year 1946 united flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die
Jun 01 On this day in history ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed
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 In the year 1946 michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
Jun 04 In the year 1946 largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
Jun 05 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill) in the year 1946.
Jun 06 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season on this day in history.
Jun 06 Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1946.
Jun 06 Henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV on this day in history.
Jun 07 In the year 1946 bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)
Jun 07 In the year 1946 pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
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