Page 17: Historical Events In 1945
Monday, 20 January 2025
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 In the year 1945 canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties.
Jul 05 In the year 1945 australian Prime Minister John Curtin dies in office
Jul 05 Death of Prime Minister John Curtin on this day in history.
Jul 05 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election in the year 1945.
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 in the year 1945.
Jul 06 Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games in the year 1945.
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 in the year 1945.
Jul 10 In the year 1945 robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies
Jul 10 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies on this day in history.
Jul 12 In the year 1945 cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
Jul 13 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico on this day in history.
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 " 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 in the year 1945.
Jul 16 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico on this day in history.
Jul 16 On this day in history first atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA
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 in the year 1945.
Jul 17 On this day in history potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting
Jul 19 On this day in history edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy
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 In the year 1945 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 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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