Page 17: Historical Events In 1945
Friday, 18 July 2025
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 in the year 1945.
Jul 05 Australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office in the year 1945.
Jul 05 In the year 1945 death of Prime Minister John Curtin
Jul 05 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election in the year 1945.
Jul 06 In the year 1945 nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter
Jul 06 Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter on this day in history.
Jul 06 On this day in history 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 Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet, dies at 40 in the year 1945.
Jul 10 On this day in history 14 carriers from Third Fleet carriers begin air strikes on Japanese Home Islands which end 15 August.
Jul 10 In the year 1945 lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
Jul 10 On this day in history robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies
Jul 10 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies on this day in history.
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 in the year 1945.
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 " 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 In the year 1945 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
Jul 16 First atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA in the year 1945.
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 on this day in history.
Jul 17 In the year 1945 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting
Jul 19 Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy in the year 1945.
Jul 19 George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 on this day in history.
Jul 20 Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies in the year 1945.
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 on this day in history.
Jul 26 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM on this day in history.
Jul 26 On this day in history churchill resigns as Britain's PM
Jul 27 On this day in history cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
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