Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1946

Apr 13 William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1946.  

Apr 16 On this day in history death of arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884)  

Apr 17 On this day in history john Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies  

Apr 21 Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 22 Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 23 Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies in the year 1946.  

Apr 26 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Apr 28 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870) died on this day in history.  

May 01 In the year 1946 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71  

May 07 On this day in history death of anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed  

May 19 Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869) died in the year 1946.  

May 20 In the year 1946 death of jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)  

May 25 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

May 29 Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905) died in the year 1946.  

May 30 Louis Slotin, Canadian Scientist at Los Alamos (b. 1910) died on this day in history.  

Jun 01 In the year 1946 death of ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed  

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

Jun 06 Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1946.  

Jun 09 Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20 died on this day in history.  

Jun 12 In the year 1946 count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies  

Jun 13 In the year 1946 edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71  

Jun 14 John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (b. 1888) died on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Ludwig Winder, writer, dies in the year 1946.  

Jun 21 In the year 1946 heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59  

Jun 24 On this day in history death of louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)  

Jun 26 In the year 1946 death of max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)  

Jun 28 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident in the year 1946.  

Jun 30 On this day in history michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64  

Jul 02 Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jul 04 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 in the year 1946.  

Jul 08 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63 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 John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born in the year 1946.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of cissy King, American entertainer  

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

Jan 04 In the year 1946 birth of susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)  

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 in the year 1946.  

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