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June 1, 1946

On June 1, 1946, ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed. Hayley Mills, Tim Curry, Steven L. Bennett would arrive in the same year.

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1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.

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On June 1, 1946

  1. 1946 Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.

    Dictator of Romania from 1940 to 1944

    Ion Antonescu was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II. Having been responsible for facilitating the Holocaust in Romania, he was overthrown in 1944, before being tried for war crimes and executed two years later in 1946.

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Hayley Mills 1946– English actress
Tim Curry 1946– English actor and singer
Steven L. Bennett 1946– American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1972)
Paul Davies 1946– English physicist and author
Louise Harel 1946– Canadian lawyer and politician
Archy Kirkwood 1946– Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician

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