(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).
Category Archives: 1940s
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)
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‘To Each His Own’ by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Aug 31 1946)
(Saturday, August 31, 1946) — “To Each His Own” by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (featuring vocals by Stuart Wade) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two weeks (Aug. 31, Sept. 7, 1946).
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‘The Big Sleep’ opens in New York City 80 years ago this hour (Aug 23 1946)
Video: 'The Big Sleep' trailer
(Friday, August 23, 1946, scheduled for 9:06 a.m. EDT) — The Big Sleep, a film noir about a private eye who investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer, opened this morning at the Strand Theatre, 1579 Broadway, at the northwest corner of 47th Street and Broadway in Times Square, New York City. Continue reading ‘The Big Sleep’ opens in New York City 80 years ago this hour (Aug 23 1946)
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U.S. President Bill Clinton born in Hope, Arkansas 80 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1946)
Video: 'Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency | NewsNation Films'
(Monday, August 19, 1946, 8:51 a.m. CST) — Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001), was born William Jefferson Blythe III today at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. Continue reading U.S. President Bill Clinton born in Hope, Arkansas 80 years ago this hour (Aug 19 1946)
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10,000 people killed in religious rioting in India beginning 80 years ago this hour today (Aug 16 1946)
Video: 'Direct Action Day 1946: The True Story of the Great Calcutta Killings'
(Friday, August 16, 1946, before 10:00 a.m. IST; during Direct Action Day) — A protest in favor of creating a separate Muslim nation of “Pakistan” rather than having a Hindu-majority government in an independent British India turned into rioting today that killed more than 10,000 people in and around Calcutta.
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DuMont Television Network premieres 80 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
Video: 'DuMont Network Ushers Modern Television Era - Decades TV Network'
(Thursday, August 15, 1946, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — The DuMont Television Network began regular network service tonight with a special airing of the first educational television series Serving Through Science over two stations, WABD in New York and W3XWT in Washington, D.C. Continue reading DuMont Television Network premieres 80 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
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‘Notorious’ premieres in New York City 80 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
Video: 'Notorious' trailer
(Thursday, August 15, 1946, doors scheduled to open at 10:35 a.m. EDT) — Notorious, a spy film noir about a U.S. agent who recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil, premiered this morning at Radio City Music Hall at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Continue reading ‘Notorious’ premieres in New York City 80 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
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‘To Each His Own’ by Eddy Howard and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Aug 10 1946)
(Saturday, August 10, 1946) — “To Each His Own” by Eddy Howard and His Orchestra (vocal by Eddy Howard and Trio, recorded Apr. 16, 1946) peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for five non-consecutive weeks (Aug. 10/17/24, Oct. 5/12, 1946).
