October 1945

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October 24: The United Nations is Officially Established.

The following events occurred in October 1945:

October 1, 1945 (Monday)[edit]

  • Leopold III of Belgium arrived in Switzerland from Austria. That same day, a proclamation was issued to the Belgian people defending his actions during the war, saying that if he met with Hitler it was "only to better the lot of Belgian prisoners of war and obtain bread for your families."[1][2]
  • Born: Rod Carew, baseball player, in Gatún, Panama Canal Zone; Donny Hathaway, soul, jazz, blues and gospel musician, in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979)

October 2, 1945 (Tuesday)[edit]

  • As a result of George S. Patton's controversial remarks about denazification, General Eisenhower's headquarters announced that Patton had been relieved as U.S. Third Army commander in Bavaria and made head of a unit compiling a military history of the war in Germany.[3][4]
  • United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri Fred A. Canfil sent a gift to his friend, President Harry S. Truman: a painted glass sign mounted on a walnut base with the phrase "The Buck Stops Here!" Truman placed the sign on his desk and occasionally referred to it in public statements over the course of his presidency.[5]
  • Born: Don McLean, singer-songwriter, in New Rochelle, New York
  • Died: William Sample, 47, American admiral (went missing on a flight near Wakayama, Japan)

October 3, 1945 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 4, 1945 (Thursday)[edit]

October 5, 1945 (Friday)[edit]

October 6, 1945 (Saturday)[edit]

October 7, 1945 (Sunday)[edit]

  • The ocean liner SS Corfu docked at Southampton carrying the first 1,500 prisoners of war to return from the Far East.[6]
  • British reoccupation of the Andaman Islands from Japan begins after a delay due to shipping shortages.[7][8]

October 8, 1945 (Monday)[edit]

October 9, 1945 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 10, 1945 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 11, 1945 (Thursday)[edit]

October 12, 1945 (Friday)[edit]

October 13, 1945 (Saturday)[edit]

October 14, 1945 (Sunday)[edit]

October 15, 1945 (Monday)[edit]

October 16, 1945 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 17, 1945 (Wednesday)[edit]

October 18, 1945 (Thursday)[edit]

October 19, 1945 (Friday)[edit]

October 20, 1945 (Saturday)[edit]

October 21, 1945 (Sunday)[edit]

October 22, 1945 (Monday)[edit]

October 23, 1945 (Tuesday)[edit]

  • Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton presented an interim budget that reduced taxes by almost £400 million but deferred other tax relief measures until the next financial year. "We must be resolute against inflation," Dalton said. "We must increase production of peacetime goods as rapidly as possible and be prepared to hold back purchasing power until there are enough goods to buy. The danger now is lest too much money should run after too few goods."[17][18]
  • The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract.[19]
  • Born: Kim Larsen, rock musician, in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2018)

October 24, 1945 (Wednesday)[edit]

  • The United Nations was established when the United Nations Charter came into effect at 4:50 p.m. EST, with ratification by the Soviet Union bringing the total number of signatories to 29.[20]
  • Czech President Eduard Benes signed a decree nationalizing commercial banks, insurance companies and 27 other industries.[20]
  • Born: Eugenie Scott, physical anthropologist, in the United States
  • Died: Vidkun Quisling, 58, Norwegian military officer, collaborationist politician and head of the pro-Nazi puppet regime in Norway during World War II (executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress in Oslo)

October 25, 1945 (Thursday)[edit]

October 26, 1945 (Friday)[edit]

  • Communists and opposition members battled in the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]
  • In an interview published in the Atlantic Monthly, Albert Einstein said that the secret of the atomic bomb should be given to a world government with power over all military matters as a means of preventing nuclear war.[22]
  • Born: Pat Conroy, author, in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2016)
  • Died: Paul Pelliot, 67, French sinologist and Orientalist

October 27, 1945 (Saturday)[edit]

October 28, 1945 (Sunday)[edit]

  • The Czechoslovak government ordered the confiscation of all German and Hungarian property in the country.[2]
  • An explosives magazine at Asnières-en-Bessin blew up and killed 41 people, including 30 German prisoners of war.[24]
  • Died: Gilbert Emery, 70, American actor

October 29, 1945 (Monday)[edit]

October 30, 1945 (Tuesday)[edit]

October 31, 1945 (Wednesday)[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "King Appeals to Belgians for Call to Throne". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 2, 1945. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1945". MusicAndHistory.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Leonard (1977), p. 532.
  4. ^ a b Yust, Walter, ed. (1946). 1946 Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. pp. 12–13.
  5. ^ "'The Buck Stops Here' Desk Sign". Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ^ Adams, Melanie (March 4, 2013). "£5,000 needed to honour return of Far East Prisoners of War". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "World War II Indian Ocean Island Territories: Andaman Islands". Children in History.
  8. ^ "Reoccupation of the Andaman Islands". Colonial Films. July 10, 1945.
  9. ^ a b c "1945". World War II Database. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice". United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  11. ^ "Television in Color Reported a Success in Tests Made Here". The New York Times. October 12, 1945. p. 1.
  12. ^ a b Leonard (1977), p. 534.
  13. ^ "Amnesty Granted to Million Japs". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. October 17, 1945. p. 1.
  14. ^ Fredricksen, John C. (2001). America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present. ABC CLIO. p. 511. ISBN 9781576076033.
  15. ^ "War Criminals Are Indicted". Madera Tribune. Madera, California. October 18, 1945. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Timeline of Charles de Gaulle's life". Charles-De-Gaulle.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  17. ^ Cronin, James E. (1991). The Politics of State Expansion: War, State, and Society in Twentieth Century Britain. Routledge. p. 151. ISBN 9780415036238.
  18. ^ "Big Reduction in British Tax". The Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. October 25, 1945. p. 1.
  19. ^ "Baseball Gives Contract to 1st Negro Player". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 24, 1945. p. 1.
  20. ^ a b Leonard (1977), p. 536.
  21. ^ Leonard (1977), p. 538.
  22. ^ Blakesee, Howard W. (October 27, 1945). "Einstein Prophesies Atomic Bomb Can Kill Two-Thirds of Population". Daily Illini. Champaign, Illinois. p. 3.
  23. ^ Leonard (1977), p. 539.
  24. ^ "L'explosion d'un dépôt de munitions à Asnières en octobre 1945" [The explosion of an ammunition depot at Asnières in October 1945]. omahabeach.vierville.free.fr/ (in French). Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  25. ^ Beattie, Peter M. (2004). The Human Tradition in Modern Brazil. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc. p. 194. ISBN 9780842050395.
  26. ^ "Was war am 31. Oktober 1945". chroniknet. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  27. ^ Sweet Home Cook County (PDF). Cook County Clerk. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  • Leonard, Thomas M. (1977). Day By Day: The Forties. New York: Facts On File, Inc. ISBN 0-87196-375-2.