Page 17: 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   Australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office on this day in history.   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1945 labour Party wins British parliamentary election   

Jul 06   On this day in history nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter   

Jul 06   In the year 1945 nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter   

Jul 06   Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies   

Jul 10   Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio   

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

Jul 17   In the year 1945 potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

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

Jul 19   In the year 1945 edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy   

Jul 19   George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80 in the year 1945.   

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   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   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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Jan 03   Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)   

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

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43