December 1946 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1946 Australia compiles 645 versus India at the Gabba (Donald Bradman 187).
• 02 Dec 1946 The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
• 03 Dec 1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB).
• 05 Dec 1946 US President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order #9808.
• 07 Dec 1946 A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
• 08 Dec 1946 Army rocket plane XS-1 makes first powered flight.
• 09 Dec 1946 The ''Subsequent Nuremberg Trials'' begin with the ''Doctors' Trial'', prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
• 11 Dec 1946 Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label
• 12 Dec 1946 Tide detergent introduced
• 14 Dec 1946 Three to Make Ready closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 performances
• 15 Dec 1946 Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game
• 16 Dec 1946 Thailand joins the United Nations.
• 17 Dec 1946 US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico, USA.
• 19 Dec 1946 Noel Cowards musical Pacific 1860, premieres in London
• 20 Dec 1946 An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaido, Japan, kill over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 homes.
• 21 Dec 1946 If the Shoe Fits closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
• 22 Dec 1946 Bal Negre closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 54 performances
• 23 Dec 1946 Highest ridership in NYC subway history (8.8 million passengers)
• 24 Dec 1946 US General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazis" amnesty.
• 25 Dec 1946 Constitution accepted in Taiwan.
• 26 Dec 1946 Toplitzky of Notre Dame opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 performances
• 31 Dec 1946 French troops leave Lebanon.

Famous Birthday

• Steven Spielberg

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• Jane Birkin

  British actress and noted family, the sister of writer-director Andrew Birkin who put out "Blow-Up" in 1966.

• Pamela Courson

  American news figure, the common-law wife of Jim Morrison for many years.

• Patti Smith

  American poet, singer, songwriter and punk princess of New York where she arrived in 1967 to evolve a form of rock 'n' roll poetry.

• Roselyne Bachelot

  French politician, formerly pharmacist, she belonged to Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Dominique de Villepin, and Francois Fillon's governments as...

• Sonia Gandhi

  Italian-Indian political wife.

• Gianni Versace

  Italian fashion designer, a couturiere who made Milan a fashion center for his theatrical, outrageous styles, metal-mesh dresses,...

• Marianne Faithfull

  English pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

• Jeff Green (astrologer)
• Uri Geller

  Israeli psychic and telekinetic with an international reputation.

• Sanjay Gandhi

  Indian politician and noted family, the second son of Indira Ghandi and grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru.

• Gérard Holtz

  French sports journalist who has presented various television programmes.

• Benny Anderson
• Diane von Fürstenberg

  Belgian-American fashion designer.

• C Jérôme

  French pop singer.

• Thorwald Dethlefsen

  German pro astrologer, a popular occultist, psychologist, reincarnation-therapist and published author.

• José Carreras

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• Jean-Louis Étienne

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• Gilbert O'Sullivan

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• Jimmy Buffett

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Famous Deaths

• Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg

  Composer, dies at 63.

• Conrad Haebler

  Historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89.

• Gordon Frederic Norton

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Carrie Jacobs Bond

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• Charles Wakefield Cadman

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• Constance [Clara] Garnett

  Russian-English translator, dies at age 84.

• Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud

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• Kiki Preston

  American socialite (Born 1898).

• John A Sampson

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• Paul Langevin

  French physicist, best remembered for his work on the theory of magnetic materials.

• Damon Runyon

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• Louis Dewis

  Belgian post-impressionist painter (Born 1872).

• Walter Johnson

  great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 59.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. King Cole Trio - The Christmas Song
2. Hal Derwin - The Old Lamplighter
3. Frankie Carle & His Orchestra - It's All Over Now
4. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
5. Perry Como - Winter Wonderland