What Happened In May 1946 In History

Historical Events for May, 1946

• 1st » Start of three-year 1946 Pilbara strike e.g Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
• 1st » The Paris Peace Conference, 1946 called Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• 2nd » The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
• 4th » In San Francisco Bay, United States Marine Corps named U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island (California) e.g Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.
• 5th » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 7th » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
• 8th » Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet Union called Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
• 9th » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II of Italy e.g Umberto II.
• 10th » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Missile Range named White Sands Proving Ground.
• 11th » UMNO is created.
• 21st » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• 25th » The parliament of Jordan called Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1946

• 1st » Tõnu Lepik, Estonian long jumper
• 1st » Joanna Lumley, Indian-English actress
• 1st » John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1st » Paul S. Wright, English dentist and academic
• 2nd » Peter L. Benson, American psychologist (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Lesley Gore, American singer
• 2nd » David Suchet, English actor and producer
• 2nd » Indrek Tart, Estonian sociologist and poet
• 3rd » Norm Chow, American football player and coach
• 3rd » Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
• 3rd » Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
• 4th » John Barnard, English car designer
• 4th » Gary Bauer, American politician
• 4th » John Watson (racing driver) named John Watson, Irish race car driver
• 5th » Jim Kelly (martial artist) known as Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (d. 2013)
• 5th » Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter (Juno Reactor)
• 6th » Susan Brown (actress) called Susan Brown, English actress
• 6th » Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2013)
• 7th » Thelma Houston, American singer-songwriter and actress (Sisters of Glory)
• 7th » Marv Hubbard, American football player
• 7th » Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead (band) known as The Dead, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, and BK3)
• 7th » Jerry Nolan, American drummer (The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) (d. 1992)
• 7th » Michael Rosen, English author and poet
• 7th » Brian Turner (chef) called Brian Turner, English chef
• 8th » André Boulerice, Canadian politician
• 8th » Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher, author, and educator
• 9th » Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
• 9th » Clint Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter
• 9th » Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)
• 10th » Donovan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 10th » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, Wax (UK band) named Wax)
• 10th » Maureen Lipman, English actress
• 10th » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traffic (band) called Traffic and Fleetwood Mac)
• 10th » Mai Šein, Estonian architect
• 10th » Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
• 11th » Valerie Grove, English journalist and author
• 11th » Robert Jarvik, American cardiologist, developed the Artificial heart
• 11th » Plume Latraverse, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » David Varney, English civil servant
• 12th » L. Neil Smith, American author
• 12th » Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum, Berlin called Jewish Museum
• 13th » Waneta Hoyt, American murderer (d. 1998)
• 13th » Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor
• 13th » Jean Rondeau, French race car driver and constructor (d. 1985)
• 13th » Marv Wolfman, American author
• 14th » Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
• 15th » Aly Bain, Scottish fiddler (The Boys of the Lough)
• 15th » Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest
• 16th » Roger Earl, English drummer (Savoy Brown and Foghat)
• 16th » Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, and The League of Gentlemen (band) e.g The League of Gentlemen)
• 17th » Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer (Passport (band) or Passport)
• 17th » F. Paul Wilson, American author
• 18th » Bruce Gilbert, English guitarist (Wire (band) or Wire and Dome (band) known as Dome)
• 18th » Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
• 18th » Reggie Jackson, American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
• 18th » Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
• 18th » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (d. 2013)
• 19th » Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
• 19th » Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
• 19th » André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
• 20th » Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Sonny & Cher)
• 20th » Robert Chua, Singaporean broadcaster, founded China Entertainment Television
• 20th » Dave Despain, American journalist
• 20th » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 21st » Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 22nd » George Best, Irish-English footballer (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Michael Green (physicist) named Michael Green, English physicist and academic
• 22nd » Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager
• 23rd » Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
• 23rd » Stephen Marks, British fashion retailer
• 23rd » H. Paul Shuch, American astronomer and engineer
• 24th » Tansu Çiller Turkish economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey
• 24th » Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter
• 24th » Jeremy Treglown, English author, critic, and academic
• 25th » Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian race car driver
• 25th » David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created 'Arduin' (d. 1988)
• 26th » Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
• 26th » Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople) (d. 1993)
• 27th » Lewis Collins, English-American actor (d. 2013)
• 27th » Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)
• 28th » Skip Jutze, American baseball player
• 28th » Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
• 28th » K. Satchidanandan, Indian poet and critic
• 28th » William Shawcross, English journalist
• 29th » Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (d. 2000)
• 30th » Allan Chapman (historian) or Allan Chapman, English historian and author
• 31st » Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
• 31st » Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
• 31st » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 2009)
• 31st » Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman

Famous Deaths for May 1946

• 7th » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 19th » Booth Tarkington, American author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 20th » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish engineer (b. 1871)
• 25th » Marcel Petiot, French doctor and serial killer (b. 1897)
• 28th » Carter Glass, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 29th » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 30th » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)

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