Page 17: Historical Events In 1945

Jul 03   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 in the year 1945.   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff   

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

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 in the year 1945.   

Jul 13   1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico in the year 1945.   

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   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   First atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA in the year 1945.   

Jul 16   In the year 1945 the first atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico   

Jul 17   On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting   

Jul 17   In the year 1945 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   In the year 1945 arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies   

Jul 21   Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1945 after Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM   

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

Jul 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)   

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

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1945 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   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1945 death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1945.   

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.