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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1945 |
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In
The News In 1945
The Holocaust is revealed to the world when British troops
liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agree that the Soviet Union would
enter the war against Japan at Yalta Conference in the Crimea.
Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe.
Explosion of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM.
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan
surrenders, ending World War II. |
Entertainment
in 1945
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Gabriela Mistral - Chile
* Best Selling Fiction - Forever Amber, Kathleen Windsor
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Brave Men, Ernie Pyle
* Best Picture - The Lost Weekend, Paramount
* Best Director - Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend
* Best Actress - Joan Crawford, Midred Pierce
* Best Actor - Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend |
Sport
champions in 1945
* MLB - Detroit Tigers
* NFL - Cleveland Rams
* NHL - Toronto Maple Leafs
* NCAA-Basketball - Oklahoma State
* KY Derby - Hoop Jr.
* U.S. Open Golf - not played
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Frank Parker
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Sarah Palfrey Cooke |
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