Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63 in the year 1946.   

Sep 02   Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79   

Sep 04   In the year 1946 paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79   

Sep 05   On this day in history "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances   

Sep 05   In the year 1946 joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game   

Sep 06   On this day in history all-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)   

Sep 07   On this day in history paul Zech, writer, dies at 65   

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

Sep 09   On this day in history mynona, writer, dies at 74   

Sep 11   Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) in the year 1946.   

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

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

Sep 13   In the year 1946 boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant   

Sep 15   On this day in history dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats   

Sep 16   James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history churchill argues for a "US of Europe"   

Sep 20   First ever Cannes film festival on this day in history.   

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

Sep 21   In the year 1946 leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66   

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

Sep 24   Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs on this day in history.   

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

Sep 27   King George II of Greece returns from exile in the year 1946.   

Sep 28   Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

Sep 30   On this day in history 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial   

Oct 01   On this day in history truculent Turtle lands at Columbus, Ohio, breaking world's record for distance without refueling with flight of 11,235 miles.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 07   Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1946 birth of richard Cole, American tour manager   

Jan 03   John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59