Historical Events in September 1946

Sep 2 Jawaharlal Nehru forms government in India

Sep 2 American golfer Ben Hogan wins the Golden State Open at California CC in Los Angeles; his 3rd consecutive PGA event and 11th title of the season; 2nd time that year he wins 3 straight tournaments
Sep 5 "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances
Sep 5 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
Sep 6 Terence Rattigan's "The Winslow Boy" premieres in London
Sep 6 All-America Football Conference begins regular season play as the Cleveland Browns beat the Miami Seahawks 44-0 before 60,135 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium
Sep 8 Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456
Sep 8 Bulgaria ends monarchy
Sep 8 SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
Sep 8 66th U.S. Men's National Championship: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr. (9-7, 6-3, 6-0)
Sep 8 60th U.S. Women's National Championship: Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd (11-9, 6-3)
Sep 11 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
Sep 12 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels
Sep 13 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
Sep 15 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
Sep 17 "Gypsy Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 79 performances
Sep 17 "If the Shoe Fits" opens at Century Theater NYC for 20 performances

Sep 18 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

Sep 20 Churchill argues for a 'United States of Europe'
Sep 21 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay
Sep 22 Canadian woman Evelyn Dick charged with butchering her husband in Hamilton, Ontario
Sep 24 Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs
Sep 26 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993
Sep 27 King George II of Greece returns from exile to Athens
Sep 29 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
Sep 29 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
Sep 29 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 secs
Sep 29 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
Sep 29 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms
Sep 30 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg