Page 11: Historical Events In 1946

Aug 29   In the year 1946 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 in the year 1946.   

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 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1946.   

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

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

Sep 11   In the year 1946 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   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   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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1946.   

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

Sep 27   On this day in history king George II of Greece returns from exile   

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   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   1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont in the year 1946.   

Oct 03   Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 in the year 1946.   

Oct 05   "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 perfs on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1946 birth of john Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)   

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

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

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   Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 in the year 1946.   

Jan 05   In the year 1946 death of kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)   

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   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 on this day in history.