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 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 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 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