Historical Events In 1945

Jul 03   In the year 1945 the first civilian passenger car built since February 1942 was driven off the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit, MI. Automotive production had been diverted to military production for the war (WWII) effort.  

Jul 04   Canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office in the year 1945.  

Jul 05   Death of Prime Minister John Curtin on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Labour Party wins British parliamentary election on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter in the year 1945.  

Jul 06   Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter on this day in history.  

Jul 06   In the year 1945 pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom  

Jul 06   In the year 1945 wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games  

Jul 07   In the year 1945 salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet, dies at 40  

Jul 10   14 carriers from Third Fleet carriers begin air strikes on Japanese Home Islands which end 15 August in the year 1945.  

Jul 10   In the year 1945 lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff  

Jul 10   Robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies in the year 1945.  

Jul 10   Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies in the year 1945.  

Jul 12   On this day in history cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games  

Jul 13   On this day in history 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico  

Jul 14   Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan on this day in history.  

Jul 15   27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1945 " Fat Boy", the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5 30 a.m. in the first U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41,000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist.  

Jul 16   " Fat Boy", the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5:30 a.m. in the first U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41,000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist on this day in history.  

Jul 16   1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1945 first atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA  

Jul 16   In the year 1945 the first atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico  

Jul 17   On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting  

Jul 17   Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy in the year 1945.  

Jul 19   On this day in history george Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80  

Jul 20   Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 21   On this day in history detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie  

Jul 23   Marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial in the year 1945.  

Jul 24   US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam in the year 1945.  

Jul 26   In the year 1945 after Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM  

Jul 26   On this day in history churchill resigns as Britain's PM  

Jul 27   In the year 1945 cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)  

Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)  

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)  

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1945.  

Jan 02   In the year 1945 betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61  

Jan 03   On this day in history fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 06   In the year 1945 death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)  

Jan 08   Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1945 death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)  

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43