What Happened on October 15, 1946

Historical Events

Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Sportsman's Park to clinch series, 4 games to 3; Cards 6th championship

Famous Birthdays

Richard Carpenter, American pop pianist, songwriter, arranger, and producer (The Carpenters - "Close to You"), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Stewart Stevenson, Scottish National Party politician, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Victor Banerjee, Indian actor (A Passage to India), born in Calcutta, India

Born in 1946

Famous Deaths

Hermann Goering (1893-1946)

German Nazi Party leader, convicted war criminal, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (1941-45) and World War I fighter pilot ace, poisons himself in prison at 53