It's a Wonderful Life premiered on this day in 1946.
This is jumping the line in our 100 years ago and 80 years ago threads, and this won't become a regular, but this year, this anniversary might be worth mentioning.
The release, FWIW, was in New York. The general release would come on January 7. The film didn't really acquire its current classic status until a failure to renew the copyright in 1974 led to it being frequently run on television. Irrespective of that, it is a classic, although one that I tend to find makes me a bit sad.
On the same day a 1944 Soviet secret cable that had been intercepted by the US was revealed to have contained the list of scientists working on the Manhattan Project. As the Venona Files would reveal, Soviet penetration of the US government was extensive.
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that the British government was prepared to grant Burma its independence.
Sugar Ray Robinson won his first professional boxing title.
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