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 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager in the year 1946.   

Sep 03   In the year 1946 carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1946 paul Zech, writer, dies at 65   

Sep 08   In the year 1946 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

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   First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation in the year 1946.   

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

Sep 16   On this day in history james Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69   

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   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   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   In the year 1946 king George II of Greece returns from exile   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 01   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

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

Oct 06   In the year 1946 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct   

Oct 07   Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres in the year 1946.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of richard Cole, American tour manager   

Jan 03   In the year 1946 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   In the year 1946 birth of bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)   

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

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)   

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

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

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

Jan 05   Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) died in the year 1946.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)   

Jan 09   Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

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