Page 7: Historical Events In 1946

May 13   Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey in the year 1946.   

May 13   On this day in history uS convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death   

May 13   In the year 1946 winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

May 14   On this day in history paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres   

May 14   The House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; first nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians on this day in history.   

May 16   The Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun opens in the year 1946.   

May 17   KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections in the year 1946.   

May 17   President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike in the year 1946.   

May 19   In the year 1946 dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam   

May 20   In the year 1946 cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances   

May 20   On this day in history the birth of Cher, American actress   

May 22   Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on this day in history.   

May 24   Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch in the year 1946.   

May 25   In the year 1946 abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

May 25   In the year 1946 jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

May 25   Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 in the year 1946.   

May 26   2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball on this day in history.   

May 26   In the year 1946 friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies   

May 26   Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

May 26   Patent filed in US for H-Bomb on this day in history.   

May 28   1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1) on this day in history.   

May 29   KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands in the year 1946.   

May 30   United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (New York) 42 die in the year 1946.   

Jun 01   Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed in the year 1946.   

Jun 02   On this day in history italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)   

Jun 03   1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris) in the year 1946.   

Jun 03   In the year 1946 michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60   

Jun 04   Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill) on this day in history.   

Jun 06   11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1946 gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83   

Jun 06   In the year 1946 henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV   

Jun 07   On this day in history bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)   

Jun 07   Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants in the year 1946.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of john Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1946 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 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   In the year 1946 joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies   

Jan 03   In the year 1946 death of william Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason   

Jan 04   In the year 1946 barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)   

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   In the year 1946 gottfried Rudinger, composer, dies at 59