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Events on Friday 20 September 1946 1
1946First Cannes Film Festival HeldFrench resort hosts inaugural international film festivalThe first Cannes Film Festival opened on the French Riviera after being postponed from its planned 1939 debut by the outbreak of war. Films from nineteen countries were screened, and the event quickly grew into one of the most prestigious festivals in world cinema.