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   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 in the year 1946.   

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   President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike on this day in history.   

May 19   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

May 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

May 26   Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia in the year 1946.   

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   In the year 1946 ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed   

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

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

Jun 03   In the year 1946 michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60   

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

Jun 06   Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1946 birth of cissy King, American entertainer   

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 in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 birth of "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 birth of diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)   

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   On this day in history barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67   

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   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.