What Happened In October 1945 In History

Historical Events for October, 1945

• 6th » Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).
• 9th » Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz named Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
• 10th » The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
• 12th » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
• 15th » World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
• 16th » The Food and Agriculture Organization is founded in Quebec City, Canada.
• 17th » Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of George II of Greece named King Georgios II to Greece.
• 18th » Argentina e.g Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón or Eva "Evita" Duarte.
• 24th » Founding of the United Nations.
• 29th » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
• 30th » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Los Angeles Dodgers e.g Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1945

• 1st » Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
• 1st » Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
• 1st » Carrie Lucas, American singer
• 1st » Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1st » Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
• 1st » Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
• 2nd » Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 3rd » Tony Brown (English footballer) known as Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 3rd » Christopher Bruce, English choreographer
• 3rd » Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician
• 4th » Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 5th » Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet (band) called Sweet) (d. 1997)
• 5th » Geoff Leigh, English saxophonist (Henry Cow)
• 6th » Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 7th » Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director (10cc, Hotlegs, Godley & Creme, Doctor Father, and The Magic Lanterns)
• 9th » Taiguara, Uruguayan-Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
• 9th » Amjad Ali Khan, Indian sarod player
• 12th » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 12th » Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) called Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler and trainer
• 13th » Christophe (singer) known as Christophe, French singer-songwriter
• 13th » Dési Bouterse, Surinamese army officer and politician, 9th President of Suriname
• 13th » Susan Stafford, American game show host
• 14th » Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player (Whitesnake and The Spencer Davis Group)
• 14th » Daan Jippes, Dutch illustrator
• 14th » Lesley Joseph, English actress
• 15th » Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
• 15th » Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch
• 15th » Jim Palmer, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 16th » Paul Monette, American author and poet (d. 1995)
• 16th » Dave Hill (actor) known as Dave Hill, English actor
• 18th » Yıldo, Turkish footballer, volleyball player, and actor
• 18th » Huell Howser, American television host (d. 2013)
• 18th » Chris Shays, American politician
• 18th » Norio Wakamoto, Japanese voice actor
• 19th » Divine (performer) called Divine, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer (d. 1988)
• 19th » Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
• 19th » Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter (T. Rex (band) or T. Rex)
• 19th » John Lithgow, American actor and singer
• 19th » Jeannie C. Riley American singer
• 19th » Martin Welz, South African journalist
• 21st » Everett McGill, American actor
• 22nd » Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor
• 22nd » Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer, founded Buzzco Associates (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper
• 22nd » Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mountain (band) e.g Mountain, The Vagrants, and West, Bruce and Laing)
• 23rd » Maggi Hambling, English sculptor and painter
• 24th » Anthony Christian, English painter
• 24th » Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
• 24th » Alan Titus, American opera singer
• 25th » Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 26th » Pat Conroy, American author
• 26th » Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
• 26th » Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
• 27th » Arild Andersen, Norwegian bassist and composer (Masqualero)
• 27th » Dick Dodd, American drummer and actor (The Bel-Airs, The Standells, and Eddie & the Showmen) (d. 2013)
• 27th » John Kane (writer) or John Kane, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 27th » Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian politician, 35th President of Brazil
• 28th » Elton Dean, English saxophonist and keyboard player (Soft Machine) (d. 2006)
• 28th » Wayne Fontana, English singer (The Mindbenders)
• 29th » Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Animals, The Blockheads, and Skip Bifferty)
• 29th » Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
• 29th » Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 29th » Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
• 30th » Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer
• 31st » Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Argent (band) or Argent)
• 31st » Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for October 1945

• 6th » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 8th » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 13th » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 15th » Pierre Laval, French politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)
• 19th » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 24th » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, List of heads of government of Norway e.g Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 25th » Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 26th » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 26th » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)

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