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List of events
Events from the year 1946 in the United States .
Incumbents
Harlan F. Stone (
New York ) (until April 22)
Fred M. Vinson (
Kentucky ) (starting June 24)
Events
January–March
March 5: In
Missouri ,
Churchill speaks on the "
Iron Curtain "
January 6 – A revised revival of
Jerome Kern and
Oscar Hammerstein II 's
Show Boat opens on Broadway at the
Ziegfeld Theatre .
January 17 – U.S. Senator
Dennis Chávez (D-NM) calls for a vote on a
Fair Employment Practice Committee bill which calls for an end to
discrimination in the workplace. A
filibuster prevents it from passing.
January 25 – The
United Mine Workers rejoins the
American Federation of Labor .
January 29 – The Central Intelligence Group is established (the
CIA in 1947).
February 12 –
Isaac Woodard , an African American army veteran, is beaten and blinded by police chief Lynwood Shull in
Batesburg, South Carolina , an event which is brought to national attention on
Orson Welles 's radio show.
[1]
February 14 –
ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic
computer , is unveiled at the
University of Pennsylvania .
February 18 – President Truman signs the
Rescission Act of 1946 annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.
February 28 – In
Philadelphia ,
General Electric strikers and police clash.
March 5 – In his speech at
Westminster College , in
Fulton, Missouri ,
Winston Churchill talks about the
Iron Curtain .
March 6 –
Vietnam War :
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with
France which recognizes
Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
March 7 – The
18th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by
James Stewart and
Bob Hope , is held at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in
Hollywood ,
Los Angeles , the first ceremony after
World War II .
Billy Wilder 's
The Lost Weekend wins the most awards with four, including
Best Motion Picture and
Best Director for Wilder.
Leo McCarey 's
The Bells of St. Mary's receives the most nominations with eight.
March 21 – The
Los Angeles Rams of the
National Football League , newly relocated from Cleveland, sign
Kenny Washington , making him the first
African American player in the league since 1933.
March 24 –
BBC Home Service radio in the United Kingdom broadcasts
Alistair Cooke 's first American Letter . As
Letter from America , this programme will continue until a few weeks before Cooke's death in 2004.
April–June
April 1 – The 8.6 Mw
Aleutian Islands earthquake affects Alaska with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ), causing a destructive basin wide tsunami, leaving 165–173 dead.
April 18 – The United States recognizes
Josip Broz Tito 's government in
Yugoslavia .
April 20 –
Walt Disney 's eighth feature film,
Make Mine Music , is released. It is Disney's third of six
package films to be released through the 1940s.
April 22 –
Girouard v. United States , a citizenship case decided in the Supreme Court, overturns the decision in
United States v. Schwimmer (1929).
April 23
May 2 – Six inmates unsuccessfully try to escape from
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in
San Francisco Bay ; a riot occurs, the "
Battle of Alcatraz ".
May 10 – The first
V-2 rocket to be successfully launched in the U.S. is fired from
White Sands Missile Range .
May 21 –
Manhattan Project physicist Dr.
Louis Slotin accidentally triggers a
fission reaction at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory and, although saving his coworkers, gives himself a lethal dose of
hard radiation , making him the second victim of a
criticality accident in history (the incident is initially treated as
classified information ).
May 23 – Dwarf Grill, predecessor of
Chick-fil-A , a
fast food
chicken restaurant, is founded in
Georgia .
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June 6 – The
Basketball Association of America is formed in
New York City , later renamed the
National Basketball Association .
June 17
July–September
July 7: Saint
Frances Xavier Cabrini
October–December
October 15 – The
St. Louis Cardinals defeat the
Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3, to win their 6th World Series Title in baseball.
October 16 – The
United Nations ' first meeting in
Long Island is held.
November 1 – The
New York Knicks play against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks win 68–66.
November 6 –
Senate and
House elections in the United States both give majorities to the
Republicans .
November 12 – In
Chicago , a branch of the Exchange National Bank (later part of the
LaSalle Bank ) opens the first 10
drive-up teller windows .
November 27 –
Cold War :
Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the
Soviet Union to end
nuclear testing and to start
nuclear disarmament , stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."
December 2 – The
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is signed in Washington, D.C. to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" through establishment of the
International Whaling Commission .
December 5 – President Truman establishes the
President's Committee on Civil Rights to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States and propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens.
December 7 – A fire at the
Winecoff Hotel in
Atlanta , Georgia kills 119.
December 14
December 20 –
Frank Capra 's
It's a Wonderful Life , featuring
James Stewart ,
Donna Reed ,
Lionel Barrymore ,
Henry Travers and
Thomas Mitchell , is released in New York.
December 22 – The
Havana Conference begins between U.S.
organized crime bosses in
Havana ,
Cuba .
December 26 – The
Flamingo Hotel opens on the
Las Vegas Strip .
December 31 – President
Harry S. Truman delivers
Proclamation 2714 , which officially ends hostilities in World War II.
Undated
Births
Three U.S. presidents were born in the year
1946
January
Jeffrey Cohen
Diane Keaton
Dolly Parton
January 1 –
Shelby Steele , American journalist, author and director
January 3 –
Cissy King , American dancer, singer
January 5 –
Diane Keaton , American actress, film director (
Annie Hall )
January 7
January 8
January 11
January 12 –
George Duke , African-American musician (d.
2013 )
January 16 –
Michael Coats , American astronaut
January 19 –
Dolly Parton , American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist
January 20 –
David Lynch , American film director
January 21 –
Johnny Oates , American baseball player, manager (d.
2004 )
January 23 –
Don Whittington , American race car driver
January 25 –
Doc Bundy , American race car driver and technician
January 26
January 27 –
Nedra Talley , African-American singer (
The Ronettes )
January 29 –
Bettye LaVette , African-American soul singer, songwriter
January 31 –
Terry Kath , American rock musician (
Chicago ) (d.
1978 )
February
Blake Clark
Tyne Daly
February 2 –
Blake Clark , American actor, comedian
February 6 –
Jim Turner , American politician
February 7 –
Sammy Johns , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
February 9 –
Jim Webb , American politician
February 13
February 14 –
Gregory Hines , African-American dancer, actor (d.
2003 )
February 16 –
Marvin Sease , American blues and soul singer-songwriter (d.
2011 )
February 19 –
Karen Silkwood , American activist (d.
1974 )
February 20
February 21
February 25 –
Rick Hummel , American sportswriter (d.
2023 )
February 28
March
Frank Welker
Liza Minnelli
March 1 –
Lana Wood , American actress, producer
March 7
March 8 –
Randy Meisner , American musician (
The Eagles ) (d.
2023 )
March 10 –
Mike Davis , American scholar (d.
2022 )
March 12
March 13 –
Yonatan Netanyahu , American-born Israeli soldier (d.
1976 in Israel )
March 15 –
Bobby Bonds , American baseball player, manager (d.
2003 )
March 17 –
Larry Langford , American politician (d.
2019 )
March 24 –
Kitty O'Neil , speed record holder and stuntwoman (d.
2018 )
March 26 –
Johnny Crawford , American child actor, musician (
The Rifleman )
March 27 –
Mike Jackson , American former MLB pitcher
April
Ed O'Neill
Bill Plympton
April 2 -
Dickie Drake , air force veteran and Alabaman politician
April 3 –
Rod Gaspar , baseball player
April 7 –
Robert Metcalfe , computer scientist and entrepreneur
April 8
April 9 –
Nate Colbert , baseball player (d.
2023 )
April 10 –
David Angell , television producer (d.
2001 )
April 11 –
Chris Burden , artist (d.
2015 )
April 12 –
Ed O'Neill , actor (
Married... with Children )
April 13 –
Al Green , singer, songwriter and record producer
April 15 –
Marsha Hunt , actress, singer and novelist
April 16 –
Margot Adler , journalist (d.
2014 )
April 20
April 22 –
John Waters , film director
April 24
April 25
April 26 –
Richard S. Fuld Jr. , banker
April 28 –
Larissa Grunig , public relations theorist, feminist
April 30 –
Bill Plympton , animator, graphic designer, cartoonist and filmmaker
May
Candice Bergen
Cher
May 2 –
Lesley Gore , American rock singer ("
It's My Party ") (d.
2015 )
May 3 –
Jane LaTour , American activist and journalist (d.
2023 )
May 5 –
Jim Kelly , African-American actor, martial artist and tennis player (d.
2013 )
May 6
May 7 –
Thelma Houston , African-American singer ("
Don't Leave Me This Way ")
May 9 –
Candice Bergen , American actress (
Murphy Brown )
May 11 –
Robert Jarvik , American physicist, artificial heart inventor
May 12 –
Richard Bruce Silverman , American chemist
May 14 –
Claudia Goldin , American economic historian, recipient of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2023
May 18
May 20
Craig Patrick , American-Canadian hockey player, coach and manager
Cher , born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter and actress
May 30 –
Candy Lightner , American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
June
Donald Trump
Ricky Jay
June 3 –
Michael Clarke , American drummer (d.
1993 )
June 4 –
Suzanne Ciani , American pianist, electronic composer
June 7 –
Robert Tilton , American televangelist, author
June 13 –
Paul L. Modrich , American biochemist and recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015
June 14 –
Donald Trump , American businessman, television producer, politician, 45th
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
June 15 –
Janet Lennon , American singer (
The Lennon Sisters )
June 16 –
Jodi Rell , American politician
June 17 –
Marcy Kaptur , American politician
June 18 –
Bruiser Brody , American professional wrestler (d.
1988 )
June 20
June 22 –
Kay Redfield Jamison , American psychiatrist
June 23 –
Ted Shackelford , American actor
June 24
June 26
June 27 –
Russ Critchfield , American basketball player
June 28 –
Gilda Radner , American comedian, actress (
Saturday Night Live ) (d.
1989 )
July
George W. Bush
Sylvester Stallone
Danny Glover
July 2 –
Richard Axel , American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
July 4 –
Michael Milken , American financier, financial criminal and philanthropist
July 5 –
Ed O'Ross , American actor
July 6
July 10
July 11 –
Jack Wrangler , porn star (d.
2009 )
July 13 –
Cheech Marin , Mexican-American actor, comedian (
Cheech and Chong )
July 14
July 15 –
Linda Ronstadt , singer and songwriter
July 16
July 19
July 22 –
Danny Glover , African-American actor, film director and political activist
July 23
July 26 –
Nancy Adler , American health psychologist (d.
2024 )
July 27
July 28 –
Jonathan Edwards , American singer, songwriter and guitarist
July 30 –
Neil Bonnett , American race car driver (d.
1994 )
August
Lesley Ann Warren
Bill Clinton
Peggy Lipton
August 1
August 5
August 9 –
Jim Kiick , American football player
August 13 –
Janet Yellen , American
Chair of the Federal Reserve
August 14 –
Dennis Hof , American brothel owner (d.
2018 )
August 16 –
Lesley Ann Warren , American actress, singer
August 17 –
Drake Levin , American rock guitarist (
Paul Revere & the Raiders ) (d.
2009 )
August 19
August 20 –
Connie Chung , Asian-American reporter
August 25
August 26
August 29 –
Bob Beamon , American athlete
August 30 –
Peggy Lipton , American actress and model (d.
2019 )
August 31
Jerome Corsi , American political commentator and conspiracy theorist
Tom Coughlin , American football player, coach and executive
September
Billy Preston
Tommy Lee Jones
Oliver Stone
September 2
September 4
September 5
September 7 –
Willie Crawford , American baseball player (d.
2004 )
September 10 –
Jim Hines , African-American sprinter (d.
2023 )
[9]
September 14 –
Jim Angle , American journalist and television reporter (d.
2022 )
[10]
September 15
September 18
September 19 –
Connie Kreski , American model (d.
1995 )
September 20 –
Dorothy Hukill , American politician (d.
2018 )
September 21 –
Richard St. Clair , American musician, composer
September 25 –
Jerry Penrod , American bass player
September 26
September 28 –
Jeffrey Jones , American actor
September 30 –
Diego Cortez , American filmmaker and art curator (d.
2021 )
[11]
October
Susan Sarandon
Daryl Hall
Richard Carpenter
October 1 –
Tim O'Brien , author
October 3
October 4
October 5 –
Heather MacRae , actress
October 6
October 7 –
Catharine A. MacKinnon , feminist
October 8 –
John T. Walton , son of Wal-Mart founder
Sam Walton (d.
2005 )
October 10 –
John Prine , country folk singer (d.
2020 )
[12]
October 11 –
Daryl Hall , rock musician (
Hall & Oates )
October 12 –
Drew Edmondson , politician
October 13
October 14 –
Craig Venter ,
biotechnologist
October 15
October 16 –
Suzanne Somers , American actress, singer (
Three's Company ) (d.
2023 )
October 17 –
Bob Seagren , American athlete, actor
October 18 –
James Robert Baker , American novelist, screenwriter (d.
1997 )
October 23 –
Mel Martínez , American politician
October 26 –
Pat Sajak , American game-show host (
Wheel of Fortune )
October 29 –
Kathryn J. Whitmire , Texas politician, mayor of Houston
October 30
November
Laura Bush
Sally Field
Ted Bundy
November 1 –
Lynne Russell , American newsreader
November 4
November 5
November 6 –
Sally Field , American actress, singer (
The Flying Nun )
November 10 –
Alaina Reed Hall , American actress (d.
2009 )
November 11
November 14 –
Sacheen Littlefeather , American actress, model and activist for Native American civil rights (d.
2022 )
November 16
November 17 –
Terry Branstad , American politician
November 18 –
Alan Dean Foster , American novelist
November 20
November 23 –
Bobby Rush , African-American politician, activist and pastor
November 24
November 27 –
Richard Codey , American politician, 53rd
Governor of New Jersey
November 29 –
Suzy Chaffee , American singer, actress
November 30 –
Barbara Cubin , U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming
December
Patty Duke
Steven Spielberg
Carl Wilson
Jeff Sessions
Jimmy Buffett
Patti Smith
December 1
December 4 –
Sherry Alberoni , American actress, voice artist
December 6
December 8 –
John Rubinstein , American actor, director and composer
December 9 –
Dennis Dunaway , American bassist and composer
December 10
December 11
December 12
December 13 –
Heather North , American television, voice actress (d.
2017 )
December 14
December 16 –
Alice Aycock , American sculptor
December 18 –
Steven Spielberg , American film director, screenwriter, producer and executive
December 19
December 20
December 21 –
Carl Wilson , American musician (
The Beach Boys ) (d.
1998 )
December 23 –
Susan Lucci , American actress (
General Hospital )
December 24
December 25
December 27 –
Lenny Kaye , American guitarist
December 28
December 29 –
Paul S. Trible, Jr. , American politician
December 30 –
Patti Smith , American poet, singer
Date unknown
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
June 2 –
Carrie Ingalls , younger sister of author
Laura Ingalls Wilder (born
1870 )
June 10 –
Jack Johnson , African American heavyweight boxer (born
1878 )
June 13 –
Edward Bowes , radio personality (born
1874 )
June 14 –
Charles Butterworth , comic actor (born
1896 )
June 23 –
William S. Hart , stage actor and silent film cowboy star (born 1864/1865)
June 27 –
Wanda Gág , artist, author, translator and illustrator (born
1893 )
June 28 –
Antoinette Perry , actress and director (born
1888 )
June 30 –
Howard Hyde Russell , founder of the
Anti-Saloon League (born
1855 )
July
August
September
October
November
December
See also
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American Pianist André Watts has Died, Aged 77
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"Jim Hines, First to Sprint 100 Meters in Under 10 Seconds, Dies at 76" . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 June 2023 .
^
Fox News Channel original Jim Angle dead at 75
^
Curator Diego Cortez, Who Helped Launch Basquiat to Fame, Is Dead
^ Grimes, William (7 April 2020).
"John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73" .
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