Page 7: Historical Events In 1946

May 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1946 winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

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   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   In the year 1946 president Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike   

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 on this day in history.   

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

May 22   In the year 1946 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   On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

May 25   In the year 1946 patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

May 26   On this day in history 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball   

May 26   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies in the year 1946.   

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

May 26   Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on this day in history.   

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

May 29   KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands on this day in history.   

May 30   United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die in the year 1946.   

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1946 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season   

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   In the year 1946 bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) was born in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)   

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

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   William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history death of kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)   

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

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