(Saturday, October 19, 1946) — “Rumors Are Flying” by Frankie Carle and His Orchestra (Marjorie Hughes, vocal) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for eight consecutive weeks (Oct. 19/26, Nov. 2/9/16/23/30, Dec. 7, 1946).
Category Archives: 1940s
10 high-ranking Nazi officials executed by hanging for World War II war crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 16 1946)
Video: 'Post-Nuremburg Executions and Hermann Goering's Suicide (1946)'
(Wednesday, October 16, 1946, times of death ranged from approximately 1:10 am-2:59 a.m. CET; during the Nuremberg trials) — Ten leading Nazi officials were hanged early today for crimes committed under Adolf Hitler’s regime, including the persecution and murder of civilians, the deportation and enslavement of forced laborers, and the waging of aggressive war across Europe. Continue reading 10 high-ranking Nazi officials executed by hanging for World War II war crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 16 1946)
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Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring cheats hangman’s noose by poisoning himself 80 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1946)
Video: 'The suicide of Hermann Göring'
(Tuesday, October 15, 1946, 10:44 p.m. CET; during the Nuremberg trials) — Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring, the second-most powerful man in Hitler’s Germany, took his own life with a potassium cyanide capsule tonight in his prison cell in Nuremberg, just hours before he and ten other former high Nazi officials were to have been executed. Continue reading Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring cheats hangman’s noose by poisoning himself 80 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1946)
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Herman Goering among 12 top Nazis condemned to hang for World War II crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1946)
Video: '"Judgement at Nuremberg" (1946) BBC Radio'
(Tuesday, October 1, 1946, individual sentencing handed down at 3:00-3:40 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — One day after the verdicts were rendered in the Nuremberg Trials in Germany, twelve of Nazi Germany’s most murderous leaders were given two weeks more to live today, with hangings scheduled for Oct. 16, 1946.
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Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946)
Video: 'NUREMBERG - THE VERDICTS - (Nuremberg Trial)'
(Monday, September 30, 1946, 10:00 a.m.-4:22 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and 16 other leading figures of the fallen Nazi regime were convicted today by the International Military Tribunal in one of history’s most significant war crimes judgments, leaving death by hanging or long prison terms as the likely fate of nearly all the defendants. Continue reading Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946)
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‘To Each His Own’ by The Ink Spots peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Sep 21 1946)
(Saturday, September 21, 1946) — “To Each His Own” by The Ink Spots peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week. Continue reading ‘To Each His Own’ by The Ink Spots peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Sep 21 1946)
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First Cannes Film Festival begins 80 years ago today (Sep 20 1946)
Video: 'Cannes Film Festival (1946)'
(Friday, September 20, 1946) — The first Cannes Film Festival, lasting 16 days, opened today in France, having been delayed seven years due to World War II. Continue reading First Cannes Film Festival begins 80 years ago today (Sep 20 1946)
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‘Five Minutes More’ by Frank Sinatra peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago (Sep 14 1946)
(Saturday, September 14, 1946) — “Five Minutes More” by Frank Sinatra (orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two non-consecutive weeks (Sept. 14/28, 1946).
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Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth hanged for Holocaust atrocities 80 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1946)
Video: 'The Savage Crimes of Amon Göth – The Cruellest Nazi?'
(Friday, September 13, 1946, around 6:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time) — Amon Göth, the former commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Plaszów whose reign of terror claimed thousands of lives during the German occupation of Poland, was hanged today after being convicted of war crimes by Poland’s Supreme National Tribunal. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth hanged for Holocaust atrocities 80 years ago this hour (Sep 13 1946)
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Fontainebleau conference ends without agreement on Cochinchina 80 years ago today (Sep 10 1946)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-2) The First Vietnam War (1945-54)' (Ho Chi Minh in Paris, Fontainebleau conference at 3:36)
(Tuesday, September 10, 1946; five months after the end of the War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — French and Vietnamese peace negotiations aimed at settling the future of Indochina ended today without agreement, leaving unresolved the political status of Vietnam and heightening fears of renewed conflict. Continue reading Fontainebleau conference ends without agreement on Cochinchina 80 years ago today (Sep 10 1946)
