Historical Events In 1946

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 in the year 1946.   

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

May 14   In the year 1946 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   The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens in the year 1946.   

May 17   KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections on this day in history.   

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

May 19   Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam in the year 1946.   

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 in the year 1946.   

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   On this day in history abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

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   On this day in history 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball   

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

May 26   In the year 1946 klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1946 italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)   

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

Jun 03   Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1946 fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)   

Jun 06   11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1946 gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83   

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) in the year 1946.   

Jun 07   In the year 1946 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   In the year 1946 birth of cissy King, American entertainer   

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

Jan 04   Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl) was born in the year 1946.   

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   On this day in history death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

Jan 04   Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1946.   

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