Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   On this day in history j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 04   Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1946 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   On this day in history 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

Sep 09   In the year 1946 mynona, writer, dies at 74   

Sep 11   In the year 1946 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   On this day in history boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant   

Sep 15   Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 20   On this day in history first ever Cannes film festival   

Sep 21   Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay on this day in history.   

Sep 21   Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 in the year 1946.   

Sep 22   In the year 1946 evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband   

Sep 24   Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs in the year 1946.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 02   Richard Cole, American tour manager was born in the year 1946.   

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   On this day in history birth of bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

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