1945 Fact Sheet

Database: Miss America Winners by State

Record Name Year City State
Bess Myerson 1945 NEW YORK NEW YORK

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Germany Country Formation Date 1871 Germany 18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991
Indonesia Country Formation Date 1945 Indonesia Netherlands August 17, 1945
North Korea Country Formation Date 1945 North Korea Japan August 15, 1945
South Korea Country Formation Date 1945 South Korea Japan August 15, 1945
Vietnam Country Formation Date 1945 Vietnam France September 2, 1945

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Atomic bomb 1945 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al.
Microwave oven 1945 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Percy L. Spencer

Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Winning Coach Losing Team Losing Coach Sport City Note
1945 Stanley Cup Winner 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs Clarence 'Hap' Day Detroit Red Wings Jack Adams Hockey Toronto

Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year

Record Name Year Title Author
Bell For Adano, A, John Hersey 1945 Bell For Adano, A John Hersey

Database: Tour de France Winners

Record Name Year Winning Country Sport Tour Winning Name
No Competition (World War II) Tour 1945 Cycling No Competition (World War II)

Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books

Record Name Year Publisher Author
No Award - No Suitable Book 1945

Database: Periodic Table of the Elements

Record Name Symbol Group Number Melting Point Boiling Point Density Year Discovered Atomic Weight % of Earth's Crust
Promethium Pm 101 61 1100 3000 7.3 1945 145

Database: Baseball World Series Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Losing Team Winning City Losing City Sport Score
World Series 1945 1945 Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs Detroit Chicago Baseball 4 - 3

Database: Aircraft Carriers of the United States

Record Name Country Aircraft Carrier Comission Year Decomission or Loss Year Commision Date Decommision or Loss Date Hull Number
Boxer United States Boxer 1945 1969 16 Apr 1945 1 Dec 1969 21
Antietam United States Antietam 1945 1963 28 Jan 1945 8 May 1963 36
Princeton United States Princeton 1945 1970 18 Nov 1945 30 Jan 1970 37
Lake Champlain United States Lake Champlain 1945 1966 3 Jun 1945 2 May 1966 39
Tarawa United States Tarawa 1945 1960 8 Dec 1945 13 May 1960 40
Midway United States Midway 1945 1992 10 Sep 1945 11 Apr 1992 41
Franklin D. Roosevelt United States Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945 1977 27 Oct 1945 1 Oct 1977 42

Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions

Record Name Year Sport City Location Winner Champion Opponent In Final 4 In Final 4
NCAA Tournament Champion (1945) 1945 Basketball NEW YORK Oklahoma State Oklahoma State NYU Arkansas Ohio State

Database: United States Average Annual Temperature

Record Name Year Country Temperature Rank Source
Average Annual Temperature for 1945 1945 United States 52.55 deg F 44 National Climatic Data Center

Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles

Record Name City State Country Season Total Rainfall (inches) Inches above or below average Source
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1945-1946 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1945-1946 11.65 -3.48 National Weather Service
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1944-1945 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1944-1945 11.59 -3.54 National Weather Service

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
F. D. Roosevelt N.Y. Episcopalian Democrat Died in Office United States 1933 1945 1/30/1882 4/12/1945 51 63 32
Truman Mo. Baptist Democrat Died after Office United States 1945 1953 5/8/1884 12/26/1972 60 88 33

Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey

Record Name Year Team Sport League Player
Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1945) 1945 Montreal Canadiens Hockey NHL Elmer Lach

Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year

Record Name Year Person of the Year
Harry Truman 1945 Harry Truman

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