Historical Events In 1945

Jul 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office  

Jul 05   Death of Prime Minister John Curtin in the year 1945.  

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   Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom in the year 1945.  

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

Jul 07   Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet, dies at 40 in the year 1945.  

Jul 10   14 carriers from Third Fleet carriers begin air strikes on Japanese Home Islands which end 15 August on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1945 cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games  

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

Jul 14   Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan in the year 1945.  

Jul 15   27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio in the year 1945.  

Jul 16   On this day in history " 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   On this day in history " 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   1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico in the year 1945.  

Jul 16   On this day in history first atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA  

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

Jul 17   Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting in the year 1945.  

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

Jul 19   Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy on this day in history.  

Jul 19   George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies  

Jul 21   Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie in the year 1945.  

Jul 23   On this day in history marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial  

Jul 24   US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam on this day in history.  

Jul 26   After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1945 churchill resigns as Britain's PM  

Jul 27   Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees in the year 1945.  

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Jan 03   Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer  

Jan 04   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1945 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 06   Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) died in the year 1945.  

Jan 08   In the year 1945 jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79  

Jan 09   On this day in history death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)  

Jan 10   In the year 1945 rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67  

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1945.