January 1946 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
• 03 Jan 1946 Great Britain, Canada, and the United States make their first public disclosures about their chemical and biological warfare efforts during the war. American authorities reveal that they were prepared to act both defensively and offensively if Germany or Japan had started such warfare against the Allies.
• 05 Jan 1946 Show Boat opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
• 06 Jan 1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
• 07 Jan 1946 The recently elected government of Austria is recognized by the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
• 09 Jan 1946 Would-Be Gentleman opens at Booth Theater NYC for 77 performances
• 10 Jan 1946 1st radar contact with Moon
• 11 Jan 1946 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago, Illinois, headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 12 Jan 1946 Polonaise closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
• 14 Jan 1946 The United States announces its total expenditure during the war: US$200 billion.
• 16 Jan 1946 Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government.
• 17 Jan 1946 The UN Security Council holds its first session.
• 19 Jan 1946 General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• 20 Jan 1946 F Gouin follows Charles De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government.
• 21 Jan 1946 Nellie Bly opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 16 performances
• 22 Jan 1946 US President sets up Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 23 Jan 1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, US Navy Reserve, becomes first director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
• 25 Jan 1946 The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
• 29 Jan 1946 The Central Intelligence Group is established (the CIA in 1947).
• 30 Jan 1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
• 31 Jan 1946 Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

Famous Birthday

• David Lynch

  American director and screenwriter, one of the most talented and imaginative contemporary film makers of the 20th century.

• Dolly Parton

  American country singer, songwriter, actress; small, buxom and endearing with a cheerful genuine sweetness.

• Syd Barrett

  English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd) (Born 1946).

• Diane Keaton

  American actress whose professional stage debut was in "Hair," 1968.

• Michel Delpech

  French singer, songwriter, and occasionally actor, most popular in his country for his hits "Chez Laurette", "Wight is Wight", "Les...

• John Paul Jones (musician)
• Harold Shipman

  British serial killer, perhaps the most prolific England has ever known with an estimated 200 victims- or more - between 9/21/1984 to...

• Katia Ricciarelli
• Naomi Judd

  American country-western singing star of the famed duo "The Judd's" comprised of herself and daughter Wynonna.

• Marie-Paule Belle
• Robbie Krieger
• Boris Berezovsky (businessman)
• Georges Beller
• Didier Lecat

  French journalist, writer and director.

• Lita Albuquerque

  American contemporary artist, known by 1978 when sales of her work were commanding $45,000.

• Joseph McMoneagle

  American parapsychologist, an outstanding researcher in the field of RV (Remote Viewing).

• Victoria Fyodorova

  Russian writer.

• Jann Wenner

  American publisher co-founded Rolling Stone.

• Julian Barnes

  England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Before She Met Me).

• André Gerin
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Famous Deaths

• Johanna HC Albregt

  Actress / Wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71.

• Gottfried Rudinger

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Feliks Nowowiejski

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Matteo Giulio Bartoli

  Linguist, dies at 72.

• Sidney James Jones

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Barney Oldfield

  Daredevil, dies at 67.

• Harry L Hopkins

  American minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at age 55.

• Adamo Didur

  Polish tenor (Born 1874).

• Kitty Cheatham

  American singer (Born 1864).

• Adriaan van Maanen

  Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1946).

• William Joyce

  American-Irish soldier and politician (d. 1946).

• Countee Cullen

  American poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies in New York City, New York at age 42.

• Harry Hopkins

  American politician and diplomat 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946).

• Dimitrios Golemis

  Greek athlete (Born 1874).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Buzz Me
2. Bing Crosby - Symphony
3. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Symphony
4. Les Brown & His Orchestra (Vocal Doris Day) - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
5. Frankie Carle & His Orchestra (Vocal Marjorie Hughes) - Oh! What It Seemed to Be