Twenty-nine nations came together to sign an agreement that created the International Monetary Fund.
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.
Fifty countries signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.
The Germans surrendered to the Allies.
The Battle of Berlin ended, with German forces conceding as the Soviet army took Berlin.
Adolf Hitler and his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in their bunker in Berlin, Germany.
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun got married in Berlin, Germany.
The US Army freed 32,000 concentration camp prisoners in Dachau, Germany.
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed in a small village in Northern Italy.
The last major battle of WWII took place.
The battle of Iwo Jima was won by the US after a month and a week of fighting.
Shareholders of The Swallow Sidecar Company agreed to change its company name to Jaguar Cars Limited.
British bomber planes obliterated 89% of Würzburg, Germany, within just 20 minutes.
Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.
Anti-Discrimination Bill was signed in New York, US.
The Empire of Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, which acted as a puppet state to Japan.
The United States Air Force firebombed Tokyo, Japan, killing over 100,000 civilians.
A circus performer patented the modern trampoline.
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
Planes dropped bombs across Dresden, Germany, during WWII.
Walt Disney released '3 Caballeros' in the United States.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first place in the US to add fluoride to its water supply in a bid to improve oral health.
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first and last US President to serve four terms.
Auschwitz concentration camp evacuated 56,000 prisoners.
