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Movie history events from 1946
Future Dreamgirl Lorrell Robinson is born. (Dreamgirls)
Juan Peron elected President of Argentina. (Evita)
Capt. Fairborne comes to Borneo and finds an American deserter has become king of the headhunters. (Borneo) (Farewell to the King)
Judith Myers born. (Halloween)
Dean Martin flies to the 500 Club to help Jerry Lewis's ailing stage-show. (Atlantic City, New Jersey) (Martin and Lewis)
Lionel Twain picked up for smuggling a truckload of rich white Americans across into Mexico to pick melons. (El Paso) (Murder By Death)
Thursday 7th March: Nicholas Garrigan - future doctor and advisor to Idi Amin - is born. (Scotland) (The Last King of Scotland)
Thursday 7th March: Joan Crawford is awarded the Oscar for her performance in "Mildred Pierce". (Mommie Dearest)
April: Free democratic elections are held. (Czechoslovakia) (Bobby)
Thursday 13th June: Jason Voorhees born. (Friday The 13th)
Thursday 13th June: Jason Voorhees is born to Pamela and Elias. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Thursday 13th June: Edward "Major" Bowes dies. (Rumson, New Jersey) (Sinatra)
Thursday 4th July: Ron Kovic is born. (Ladysmith, Wisconsin) (Born on the Fourth of July)
Sunday 7th July: Howard Hughes crashes his plane into three homes. (Beverly Hills, CA) (The Aviator)
Friday 13th September: Amon Goeth executed for war crimes in Poland. (Schindler's List)
October: Gordie Lachance is born - Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio are born within months. (Castle Rock, Maine) (Stand By Me)
Tuesday 5th November: Bucky "Mr Ice" Bleichert takes on his future partner, Lee "Mr Fire" Blanchard in a charity boxing match; Bleichert takes a dive in the 8th round. (Los Angeles, Ca) (The Black Dahlia)
Thursday 26th December: Bugsy Siegel opens The Pink Flamingo Hotel & Casino. (Las Vegas, Nevada) (Bugsy)