1946 News

[February 5th, 1946] Wives Aweigh Newsletter

[February 5th, 1946] The USS Cusk (SS/SSG/AGSS-348) was commissioned into the U.S. Navy

[February 5th, 1946] Dick Sisler playing winter ball in Havana, Cuba

[February 5th, 1946] Charlie Parker begins recording the album "Charlie Parker On Dial Volume 1"

[February 5th, 1946] My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt

[February 5th, 1946] The war refugee shelter at Fort Ontario closed after 18 months. Of the 982 refugees who arrived in 1944, most will now receive visas or resettlement aid from private groups.

[February 5th, 1946] Senator Homer Capehart fiercely attacked a "conspiratorial clique" in the Truman administration. He accused them of deliberately planning the mass starvation of German people during the WWII occupation.

[February 5th, 1946] Kit Carson Motel, "one of Las Vegas' Finest Motels," opened on what would become the Las Vegas Strip "between the Last Frontier and Flamingo Hotels"

[February 5th, 1946] A portrait of Humphrey Bogart taken by Yousuf Karsh

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[February 5th, 1946] "Sugar" Ray Robinson secured a dominant TKO victory over Tony Riccio at the Elizabeth Armory in New Jersey.

[February 5th, 1946] A Douglas DC-3A, Brazil registration PP-CBS (C/N 4963), operated by Cruzeiro do Sul, was written off at Ilhéus Airport, in Bahia. The airplane crashed while attempting to land, after a training flight. The 2 members of the crew survived.

[February 5th, 1946] Look Magazine

[February 5th, 1946] Four African American brothers—Charles, Alphonso, Joseph, and Richard Ferguson—were confronted by a white police officer in Freeport, Long Island, resulting in the fatal shooting of two brothers and the wounding of a third.

[February 5th, 1946] The Royal Commission Appointed under Order in Council P.C. 411 of February 5, 1946—commonly known as the Kellock–Taschereau Commission—was established to investigate Soviet espionage in Canada.

[February 5th, 1946] Today's Gasoline Alley comic strip

[February 5th, 1946] A Nuremberg trial statement revealed Hitler demanded French art transfers for 1940 peace talks. A signed Goering document specified dividing loot: 'H' art for Hitler, 'G' and 'AH' items for Goering, and Rothschild pieces for Hitler.

[February 5th, 1946] Today's Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller

[February 5th, 1946] The Chicago Black Hawks acquire Jerome "Jud" McAtee (on his 26th birthday), Norm McAtee, George Ritchie and Roy Sawyer from the Detroit Red Wings for George Blake, Doug McCaig and cash

[February 5th, 1946] Commercial passenger service between New York and Paris launched. A Lockheed Constellation named "Star of Paris" departed LaGuardia Field with 36 people on board.

[February 5th, 1946] The illustrious Peruvian physician Maximiliano González Olaechea, a highly distinguished medical doctor, clinical researcher, and university professor, dies in Ica, Peru. He was 78.

Following the conclusion of World War II, President Harry S. Truman requested that the group continue its work to help the nation navigate postwar challenges.

[February 5th, 1946] The War Advertising Council officially reverted its name to The Advertising Council. This date marked the formal transition of the organization from a wartime focus to a peacetime mission.

[February 5th, 1946] Ray Milland won the 1945 Look Magazine Best Actor award for his role in "The Lost Weekend," which critics also voted Best Picture. Ingrid Bergman earned the female award, and director Billy Wilder was honored for his work on the same film.

This agreement finalized the post-World War II borders between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of Poland.

[February 5th, 1946] Veteran actor George Arliss died in London at age 77 due to a bronchial ailment. Known for a 60-year career in stage and screen, he specialized in subtle character roles, often playing sinister figures. His wife, Florence, was present at his death.

[February 5th, 1946] The Polish-Soviet border agreement of August 1945 officially entered into force, resulting in Poland ceding approximately 90% of the territory that the Soviet Union had originally annexed in 1939.

[February 5th, 1946] The Inquiring Photographer asks, "A girl says that a vivid memory of her childhood is that of her father removing her panties and spanking her. Did this ever happen to you?”

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[February 5th, 1946] Isabel Anne, a painter, and Godfrey Rampling, an Olympic gold medallist runner and British Army officer, announces the birth of a daughter, they name her Tessa Charlotte Rampling

[February 3rd, 1946] Colorful covers of today's magazines