Page 16: Historical Events In 1945

Jun 25   Miri oilfields in Sarawak recaptured   

Jun 25   United Nations founded   

Jun 26   England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs.   

Jun 26   Erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54   

Jun 26   UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF   

Jun 27   Foundation 1940-45 established   

Jun 28   Polish Provisional Govt of National Unity set up by Soviets   

Jun 29   20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record).   

Jun 29   Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, is recorded as becoming part of Ukrainian SSR.   

Jul 01   Troops of the 7th Division land at Balikpapan in south-east Borneo.   

Jul 02   USS Barb (SS-220) bombards Japanese installations on Kaihyo Island, Japan; inaugural successful use of rockets against shore positions.   

Jul 03   The inaugural 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.   

Jul 05   Australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office   

Jul 05   Death of Prime Minister John Curtin   

Jul 06   Nicaragua is recorded as becoming 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter.   

Jul 06   Nicaragua is recorded as becoming inaugural nation to formally accept UN Charter.   

Jul 06   Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom.   

Jul 06   Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1722 games   

Jul 07   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   

Jul 10   Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff   

Jul 10   Robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies.   

Jul 12   Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games   

Jul 13   1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico   

Jul 14   Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan.   

Jul 15   27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio   

Jul 16   " Fat Boy", the experimental, plutonium bomb, exploded at 5 30 a.m. in the inaugural U.S. test of an atomic bomb. The mushroom-shaped cloud rose to a height of 41000 feet above the New Mexico desert at Alamogordo Air Base. All life in a one-mile radius ceased to exist   

Jul 16   1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico.   

Jul 16   inaugural atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA.   

Jul 16   The inaugural atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico.   

Jul 17   Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting.   

Jul 17   Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds inaugural meeting   

Jul 19   Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player   

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,    

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),    

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,    

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),    

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,    

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,