Page 17: Historical Events In 1945

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 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   " 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.   

Jul 19   George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80.   

Jul 20   Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies.   

Jul 21   Detroit Tigers and Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie.   

Jul 23   Marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial.   

Jul 24   US destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam.   

Jul 26   After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee is recorded as becoming PM.   

Jul 26   Churchill steps down as Britain's PM   

Jul 27   Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees.   

Jul 28   Japanese premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender   

Jul 28   Thirteen people are killed when a B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building.   

Jul 28   US Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die   

Jul 28   US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2.   

Jul 28   USS Callaghan (DD-792) is last ship sunk by a Japanese kamikaze attack, off Okinawa.   

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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,