Page 17: 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1945 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 10   In the year 1945 robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies   

Jul 12   Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games on this day in history.   

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

Jul 14   In the year 1945 battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan   

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

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 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   In the year 1945 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico   

Jul 16   First atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA on this day in history.   

Jul 16   The first atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico in the year 1945.   

Jul 17   Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 19   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history uS destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam   

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

Jul 26   Churchill resigns as Britain's PM on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)   

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 in the year 1945.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   In the year 1945 vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

Jan 02   On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61   

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1945.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 14   In the year 1945 sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43