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   US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death on this day in history.   

May 13   Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on this day in history.   

May 14   In the year 1946 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   On this day in history president Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike   

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

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

May 20   In the year 1946 the birth of Cher, American actress   

May 22   On this day in history yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

May 24   On this day in history transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch   

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

May 25   Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

May 25   Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

May 26   2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball in the year 1946.   

May 26   Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies on this day in history.   

May 26   On this day in history klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia   

May 26   On this day in history patent filed in US for H-Bomb   

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

May 29   KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

Jun 01   In the year 1946 ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed   

Jun 02   Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 04   On this day in history largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed   

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   On this day in history henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV   

Jun 07   In the year 1946 bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)   

Jun 07   On this day in history pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants   

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

Jan 03   John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven) was born in the year 1946.   

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   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   William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason died in the year 1946.   

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

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 in the year 1946.   

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