Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

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

Aug 31   Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 03   Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1946.   

Sep 04   Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79 in the year 1946.   

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

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

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

Sep 07   Paul Zech, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1946 first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation   

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats in the year 1946.   

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

Sep 20   Churchill argues for a "US of Europe" on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66   

Sep 22   On this day in history evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband   

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 in the year 1946.   

Sep 27   In the year 1946 king George II of Greece returns from exile   

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

Sep 30   On this day in history 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg   

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   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   In the year 1946 cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0   

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   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 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 in the year 1946.   

Jan 04   Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) was born in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd) was born in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 06   Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl) was born in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1946 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   Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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