(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.
Category Archives: 1940s
First Cannes Film Festival begins 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (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 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1946)
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‘Five Minutes More’ by Frank Sinatra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1946)
(Saturday, September 14, 1946) — “Five Minutes More” by Frank Sinatra 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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Fontainebleau conference ends without agreement on Cochinchina 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1946)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Ho Chi Minh in Paris, Fontainebleau conference at 30:38)
(Tuesday, September 10, 1946; during War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — The Fontainebleau conference, a negotiating session between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the French Fourth Republic at the Palace of Fontainebleau (65 kilometers south of Paris), concluded today without agreement on Cochinchina, a region encompassing the southern third of current Vietnam.
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‘To Each His Own’ by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (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 70 years ago this hour (Aug 23 1946)
Video: 'The Big Sleep' trailer
(Friday, August 23, 1946, doors opened at 9:00 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 theater in New York City.
Directed by Howard Hawks, the film starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton born in Hope, Arkansas 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 19 1946)
Video: 'Bill Clinton: Mini Biography'
(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 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 19 1946)
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10,000 people killed in religious rioting in India beginning 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1946)
Video: 'Direct Action in Calcutta & Noakhali, 1946'
(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 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1946)
Video: 'Oddity Archive: Episode 70 - The DuMont Network'
(Thursday, August 15, 1946) — The DuMont Television Network made its debut today over two stations, WABD in New York and WTTG in Washington, D.C.
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‘Notorious’ premieres in New York City 70 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
Video: 'Notorious' trailer
(Thursday, August 15, 1946, 10:15 a.m. EDT) — Notorious, a thriller film 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 in New York City. Continue reading ‘Notorious’ premieres in New York City 70 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1946)
