Historical Events
Music Premiere
1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"
Igor Stravinsky
Famous Birthdays
- Bonnie Bedelia [Culkin], American actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel), born in NYC, New York
- Cliff Balsam, English footballer
- Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France, born in Toulouse, France (d. 2010)
- Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995)
- Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)
What Happened in 1946
Bikini Atoll is Evacuated
Residents of Bikini Atoll are evacuated to make way for nuclear testing
March 7, 1946Swimwear Reduced to Bare Essentials
Now a common sight on beaches across the world, the bikini created a sensation when a French mechanic launched it on this day in history.
July 5, 1946Nuremberg Trials
Hermann Goering on trial at the Nuremberg Trials. He would later be sentenced to death, but committed suicide the night before his sentence was to be carried out.
September 30, 1946
