Page 7: Historical Events In 1946

May 13   Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey in the year 1946.   

May 13   US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death in the year 1946.   

May 13   On this day in history winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

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 in the year 1946.   

May 16   On this day in history the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens   

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 on this day in history.   

May 20   The birth of Cher, American actress in the year 1946.   

May 22   Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 in the year 1946.   

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

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

May 25   Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) in the year 1946.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 26   On this day in history friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

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

May 26   On this day in history 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   KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands in the year 1946.   

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

Jun 01   Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day) in the year 1946.   

Jun 03   In the year 1946 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)   

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

Jun 04   Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed in the year 1946.   

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 in the year 1946.   

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   Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead) in the year 1946.   

Jun 07   Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1946 birth of john Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)   

Jan 03   Cissy King, American entertainer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1946 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   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died in the year 1946.   

Jan 07   Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874) died in the year 1946.   

Jan 09   Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 in the year 1946.   

Jan 16   In the year 1946 johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71   

Jan 17   Gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1946.