August 1946 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1946 US President Harry Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
• 03 Aug 1946 Belgian government of Huysmans, forms
• 04 Aug 1946 An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• 06 Aug 1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court.
• 07 Aug 1946 1st coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized
• 08 Aug 1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million
• 13 Aug 1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus.
• 16 Aug 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem / Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)
• 18 Aug 1946 Golf Writers Associaton of America formed.
• 19 Aug 1946 Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta leaves 3,000 dead.
• 22 Aug 1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
• 23 Aug 1946 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
• 25 Aug 1946 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland Golf Club - Portland, Oregon
• 26 Aug 1946 George Orwell published Animal Farm
• 03 Aug 1946 Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.

Famous Birthday

• Bill Clinton

• Maymuna Ali

• Shirley Ann Jackson

• Demitris Christofias

• Geffrey Moore

• Connie Chung

• Raybon Beamon

• Ithiel Horton

• Jenet Yellen

• Rodert Fisk

• Matalie Yellen

• Demetres Christofias

• Conlee Holloway

• Lieutenant Dan

• Dimetri Christofias

• Mirelle Guiliano

• Janace Yellen

• Vuk Drašković

• Laurent Fabius

• Keith Moon

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Famous Deaths

• Hersel Hess

• Harly Granville-Barker

• Maricus van der Pol

• Herbert George Wells

• H.G. Wells

• H. G. Wells

• Blanche Bingley

• Granville Barker

• Callum Ross

• Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti

• Harley Granville-Barker

• Herbert Wells

• Channing Pollock

• Bert Vogler

• Tony Lazzeri

• Jeanie MacPherson

• James Clark McReynolds

• Adolphus Busch III

• John Steuart Curry

• Konstantin Rodzaevsky

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orchestra - I Know
2. Sam Donahue & His Orchestra - Just the Other Day
3. Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More
4. Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away
5. Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)