Historical Events in October 1945

Oct 1 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army

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

Oct 3 Tigers & Cubs meet in World Series for 4th time
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 Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
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 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 announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada

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

Oct 11 JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
Oct 14 Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
Oct 15 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
Oct 16 UN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence

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

Oct 18 Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing & acting achievements
Oct 20 US Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens the Nuremberg Nazi war crime trials
Oct 21 Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time

Oct 23 Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract

Oct 24 Charter of United Nations comes into effect

Oct 25 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek

Oct 29 Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns.