Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed in the year 1946.   

Aug 31   In the year 1946 paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63   

Sep 02   In the year 1946 johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager   

Sep 03   Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79   

Sep 05   "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances in the year 1946.   

Sep 05   Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game in the year 1946.   

Sep 06   In the year 1946 all-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)   

Sep 07   Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65 in the year 1946.   

Sep 08   On this day in history 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

Sep 09   Mynona, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Sep 11   On this day in history arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)   

Sep 11   On this day in history first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation   

Sep 12   In the year 1946 court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels   

Sep 13   Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1946 dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats   

Sep 16   James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 in the year 1946.   

Sep 20   In the year 1946 churchill argues for a "US of Europe"   

Sep 20   First ever Cannes film festival in the year 1946.   

Sep 21   Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay in the year 1946.   

Sep 21   Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband in the year 1946.   

Sep 24   In the year 1946 yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs   

Sep 26   On this day in history 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993   

Sep 27   King George II of Greece returns from exile on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies in the year 1946.   

Sep 30   22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg in the year 1946.   

Sep 30   22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial in the year 1946.   

Oct 01   Truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles in the year 1946.   

Oct 02   In the year 1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont   

Oct 03   On this day in history cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0   

Oct 05   In the year 1946 "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs   

Oct 06   On this day in history 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct   

Oct 07   In the year 1946 charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres   

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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 in the year 1946.   

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   On this day in history birth of susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)   

Jan 06   In the year 1946 birth of harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)   

Jan 02   Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies in the year 1946.   

Jan 03   William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1946 barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67   

Jan 05   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71   

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