Historical Events in October 1945

Oct 1 World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis is discharged from US army after being awarded the Legion of Merit

Oct 3 Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance at the age of 10

Oct 3 Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs meet in Baseball World Series for the 4th time; Hank Borowy pitches a 6-hit shutout as Cubs win Game 1, 9-0 at Briggs Stadium; Detroit wins series, 4-3
Oct 3 World Federation of Trade Unions forms; CIO a member
Oct 5 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
Oct 5 Indonesian army forms

Oct 5 Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.

Oct 6 US General Eisenhower welcomed in The Hague (on Hitler's train)

Oct 6 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
Oct 6 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of Baseball World Series, is escorted out and casts goat curse on Chicago Cubs
Oct 7 Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes

Oct 8 US President Harry Truman announces atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada

Oct 8 Microwave oven patented by US inventor Percy Spencer
Oct 9 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
Oct 10 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 9-8 at Wrigley Field to clinch series, 4 games to 3; Tigers second championship

Oct 11 Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party

Oct 17 Loyalty Day in Argentina, mass demonstrations held to release Juan Perón

Oct 23 American baseball player Jackie Robinson signs contract with Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of Brooklyn Dodgers

Oct 24 Charter of United Nations comes into effect

Oct 25 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek

Oct 27 "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances
Oct 27 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
Oct 29 First ballpoint pen goes on sale, manufactured by Reynolds in the US (just beating biro)
Oct 29 Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner

Oct 29 Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns