The Year 1945
Histroy and Politics
World War II
British offensive begins in Burma
Russian offensive begins in Silesia.
Americans enter Manila.
Budapest falls.
Us air raids on Tokyo, Cologne, and Danzig.
The last of 1,050 German V-2 rockest fall on Britian.
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and is succeeded as President of US by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
Mussolini killed by Italian partisans.
Hitler commits suicide on April 30th.
German army on Italian front surrenders.
Berlin surrenders to Russians May 2nd and Germany capitulates May 7th.
"V.E. Day" ends the war in Europe on May 8th.
Spain is excluded from the UN.
Attlee becomes prime minister in Britian.
US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima August 6th and Nagasaki on August 9th.
Japan surrenders; end of Waorld War II, August 14; war dead estimated
at 35 million plus 10 million in Nazi concentration camps.
Independent republic of Vietnam formed with Ho Chi Minh as president.
Quisling sentenced to death in Norway.
Laval sentenced to death in France.
Fighting between Nationalists and Communists in north China.
Arab League founded to oppose creation of Jewish state.
De Gaulle elected president of France.
Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals begins.
Nobel Peace Prize: American Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Karl Renner elected President of Austria.
George S. Patton, American General killed in car accident.
UN "World Bank" founded with authorized share capital of $27,000 million.
Raul Wallenberg disappears in Budapest.
Science, Technology, Growth
Lajos Janossy (Hungary) explores cosmic radiation.
Vitamin A synthesized.
Nobel Prize for Medicine: Fleming, Florye, and Chain (GB) for discovery of penicillin.
First atomic bomb detonated near Alamogordo, N. Mexico, July 16th.
Atomic Research Center established at Harwell, England.
Daily Life
"Black Markets" for food, clothing, and cigarettes develope throughout Europe.
Family allowances introduced in Britian.
Women's sufferage becomes law in France.
"Behop" comes into fashion.
Boxer of the Year: Rocky Graziano.
US Lawn Tennis Singles: won by Frank A. Parker, women's won by Sarah Palfrey Cooke.
Heirs of Jacob Ruppert and Edward G. Barrow sell New York Yankees to sundicate
controlled by Lawrence McPhil, Del Webb, and Dan Topping for estimated $2.8 millon.
Eddie Arcaro rides "Pavot" to vistory in Belmont and "Hoop Jr." to win in Kentucky Derby (his 3rd winner)
Empire State Building struck at 78-79 floors, July 28, by B-52 bomber.
Detroit (AL) defeats Chicago (NL) in World Series.
Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, and John L. Smith acquire controlling interest in Brooklyn Dodgers.
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