Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
Segregation led many students to walk out of Froebel High School, Gary, Indiana.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
Japan formally surrendered, officially bringing an end to the six years of World War II.
After six years at war, Japan surrendered, marking the end of World War II.
American forces made a second attack on Japan during World War II and dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
The USS Indianapolis vessel was torpedoed and sunk.
US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.
The Potsdam Conference began between the Soviet Union, UK & US.
The world's first atomic bomb was detonated.
The 1945 United Kingdom general election took place with the Labour Party winning by a landslide.
