Fun Facts From 1945

FACTS FROM 1945--

• Cost of a first class postage stamp: 3 cents
  
  
• United States Population: 139,928,165
  
  
• Franklin D Roosevelt was President and Harry S. Truman was Vice President in 1945
  
  
• January 27: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps
  
  
• March: Anne Frank dies of typhus in Germany in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
  
  
• April 12: FDR dies, making Harry S. Truman the new president
  
  
• April 30: Hitler commits suicide
  
  
• July 28: A B-25 bomber flies into the Empire State Building in New York City damaging the 78th and 79th floors and killing 13 people
  
  
• August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
  
  
• December 21: General George S. Patton dies from injuries from a car accident
  
  

• March 15: The Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio in their entirety for the first time. They are broadcast on ABC and the Armed Forces Radio
  
  
• January 15: Art Linkletter's House Party debuts on CBS, and runs until 1967
  
  
• April 30: The debut of Arthur Godfrey Time on CBS radio. It runs until April 30, 1972
  
  

• 1945 World Series: Detroit vs. Chicago Cubs (4-3)
  
  
• NFL Championship: Cleveland Rams vs. Washington Redskins (15-14)
  
  
• Stanley Cup: Toronto vs. Detroit (4-3)
  
  
• PGA Championship: Byron Nelson
  
  
• NCAA Basketball Championship: Oklahoma A&M vs. NYU (49-45)
• Kentucky Derby: Hoop Jr
  
  
• Preakness Stakes: Polynesian
  
  
• Belmont Stakes : Pavot

• The 1945 Academy Awards were presented March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California
  
  
• Best Motion Picture: "The Lost Weekend"
  
  
• Best Director: Billy Wilder for "The Lost Weekend"
  
  
• Best Actor: Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend"
  
  
• Best Actress: Joan Crawford in "Mildred Pierce"

• King Cole releases the album: "Nat King Cole Trio"
  
  
• Bing Crosby releases the album "Merry Christmas"
  
  
• Glenn Miller releases the album "Glenn Miller"
  
  
• "11:60 PM" by Harry James was a top hit record in 1945
  
  
• "Apple Honey" by Woody Herman was as top hit record
  
  

• January 3: Stephen Stills
  
  
• January 10: Rod Stewart
  
  
• January 29: Tom Selleck
  
  
• March 8 : Micky Dolenz (The Monkees)
  
  
• March 30: Eric Clapton
  
  
• April 13: Lowell George
  
  
• May 24: Priscilla Presley
  
  
• June 25: Carly Simon
  
  
• July 26: Dame Helen Mirren
  
  
• August 31; Van Morrison
  
  
• November 12: Neil Young
  
  
• December 30: Davy Jones (The Monkees)