Today in History for October 1945

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 38 of 38

1st - Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
1st - US Office of Strategic Serbia (OSS) disbands
3rd - Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10
3rd - Tigers & Cubs meet in World Series for 4th time
3rd - World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member
5th - "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
5th - Indonesian army forms
5th - Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
5th - Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
6th - Gen Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train)
6th - Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
6th - Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series & is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
7th - Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes
8th - Harry Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain & Canada
9th - British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
10th - Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series
11th - Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung
11th - JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
14th - Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
Chinese Prime Minister Mao Tse-Tung 15th - Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
16th - UN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence
17th - Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina
18th - Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg
18th - Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing & acting achievements
20th - Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg
21st - Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time
23rd - Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract
24th - Charter of United Nations of force became
24th - France (PC/PS/MRP win parliamentary election (25/24/23%)
24th - UN charter comes into effect
25th - Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek
27th - "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances
27th - 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
29th - 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
29th - Happy Chandler, resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commish
29th - Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
30th - Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals
30th - US government announces end of shoe rationing

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 65 of 65

1st - Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love)
1st - Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967)
1st - Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
2nd - Don McLean, New Rochelle NY, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent)
2nd - Frank Tejeda, (Rep-D-Texas)
2nd - Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov, cosmonaut
3rd - Kay Baxter, Woodsfield Ohio, Best Bodybuilder in World (1983-85)
3rd - Rik Kenton, rocker
3rd - Viktor Saneyev, USSR, triple jumper (Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80)
4th - Clifton Davis, Chicago Ill, actor/singer (That's My Mama, Amen)
4th - Richard Bickell, race horse trainer
5th - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
5th - Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
6th - Domonic Barber, attorney (Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco)
7th - Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist (10cc)
8th - Roy Royer, rock guitarist (Procol Harum)
8th - Vanburn Holder, cricketer (West Indian pace bowler of 70's)
9th - Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw)
9th - Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
9th - Taiguara, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
10th - Alan Cartwright, rocker (Procul Harum)
12th - Aurore Clément, French actress
13th - Karen Akers, NYC, singer (On Stage at Wolf Trap)
13th - Christophe, French singer
13th - Dési Bouterse, Surinam politician
14th - Colin Hodgkinson, English musician (Whitesnake)
15th - Jim Palmer, NYC, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
15th - Steven Camacho, cricketer (WI batsman early seventies)
15th - Jere Burns, American actor
15th - Jim Palmer, American baseball player
16th - Paul Monette, writer
17th - Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
18th - Christopher Shays, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
18th - Huell Howser, American TV host
18th - Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player
19th - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist
19th - Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead], Balt MD, actress (Pink Flamingo)
19th - Harris Glenn Divine, Baltimore MD
19th - John Lithgow, Rochester NY, actor (Harry & Hendersons, Pelican Brief)
19th - Keith Reid, rocker (Procol Harum) [or 10/10/46]
19th - Patricia Ireland, feminist/president (National Organization of Women)
19th - Divine, American actor (d. 1988)
20th - Ric Lee, rock drummer (Ten Years After-Cannock, Staffs)
20th - Thomas Pasatieri, composer
21st - Everett McGill, Miami Beach FL, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet)
21st - Kathy Young, rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky)
21st - Nikita Mikhalkov, director (Dark Eyes, Slave of Love)
22nd - Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
22nd - Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
23rd - Kim Larsen, Danish singer
24th - Anthony Christian, English artist
24th - Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive
25th - David Norman Schramm, physicist
26th - Pat Conroy, American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides)
26th - Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
27th - Carrie Snodgress, Park Ridge Ill, actress (Diary of Mad Housewife)
27th - Peter Martins, Copenhagen, dancer-choreographer
27th - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
27th - John Kane, actor/writer
28th - Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
28th - Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love)
29th - Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)
30th - Glenn Poshard, (Rep-D-Illinois)
30th - Henry Winkler, NYC, actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift)
31st - Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian and actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

17th - Actress Ava Gardner (22) weds band leader Artie Shaw (35) in Hollywood
22nd - Argentine military officer and politician Juan Peron (50) weds Eva Peron (26) on a civil ceremony in Junin

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73
6th - Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
8th - Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73
8th - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
12th - Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida
13th - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at 86
15th - Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62
24th - Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide
24th - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed at 58
26th - Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
26th - Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863)
31st - Henry Ainley, actor (As You Like It), dies at 66