What Happened on May 16, 1946

Historical Events

Annie Get Your Gun

Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC

Famous Birthdays

Jessi B Wilson, Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
Robert Fripp, British progressive rock guitarist, composer (King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"; Fripp & Eno; Bowie - "Heroes"), record producer (Roches; Peter Gabriel; Darryl Hall), and Mr. Toyah Wilcox, born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Roger Earl, British drummer (Foghat - "Slow Ride"), born in Hampton Court Palace, London, England

Born in 1946

1946 Highlights