Events Date 1946 June | History by KabAstro

Lute Song

Jun 8 Raymond Scott and Bernard Hanighen's musical "Lute Song", starring Mary Martin, Yul Brenner, and Nancy Davis, and directed by John Houseman, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 142 performances

Sukarno Calls for Defiance

Jun 8 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia

Jun 9 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque, Iowa)
Jun 9 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Jun 9 Bhumibol Adulyadej becomes King of Thailand after the death of his brother King Ananda Mahidol

Louis vs Conn

Jun 9 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis

Ott 1st Manager Ejected

Jun 9 New York Giant Mel Ott becomes first manager in MLB history to be ejected from both games of a doubleheader; Giants lose both games to Pittsburgh Pirates

Jun 10 Italian Republic established
Jun 10 Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA. Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA
Jun 13 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
Jun 13 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates after 24 days in the wake of the country declaring itself a republic
Jun 14 Canadian Library Association established

The Christmas Song

Jun 14 Nat King Cole records "The Christmas Song" (written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells) for the first time

Singer-Songwriter and Jazz Pianist Nat King Cole

46th US Men's Open

Jun 16 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: World War II veteran Lloyd Mangrum defeats Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi in 36 playoff holes to win his only major title

Jun 17 SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
Jun 18 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim
Jun 19 1st TV sports and boxing spectacular when Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in a broadcast across New York
Jun 20 NYC transit begins using PA system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line
Jun 21 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas

Veeck Buys Cleveland

Jun 21 Bill Veeck buys MLB baseball team Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million

Jun 21 Federal judge in Seattle rules that club doesn't have to play returning serviceman

Bedser Takes 7-49

Jun 22 English cricketer Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket at Lord's

Gandhi's Call Against Hooliganism

Jun 22 Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites

Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi

Jun 23 In South Africa, a group of white men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
Jun 24 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen, Wisconsin (state 24-hr record)
Jun 24 Georges Bidault elected premier of France
Jun 26 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years

Fred Allen's Last Show

Jun 26 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny

Jun 28 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
Jun 28 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
Jun 29 "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 performances
Jun 29 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 performances
Jun 29 Black Sabbath as the British arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
Jun 29 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv

I Remember Mama

Jun 29 John Van Druten's stage play "I Remember Mama", marking the Broadway debut of Marlon Brando (20), in a minor role, closes at the Music Box Theatre, NYC, after 713 performances