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In 1945, Vashti McCollum brought legal action against the Champaign, Illinois public school district. McCollum was the mother of a student in the district. McCollum's suit stated that her eight-year-old son had been coerced and ostracized by school officials because her family had chosen to not participate in the district's in-school religious instruction program.
The motion picture The Lost Weekend, starring Ray Milland, is released. The most realistic film portrayal of alcoholism up to this time, it wins several Academy Awards the following year. Yeshiva College is founded in New York City.
The musical film Wonder Man starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo was released. Born: Steven Fromholz , country musician, actor and poet, in Temple, Texas (d. 2014) Died: Robert Desnos , 44, French surrealist poet (typhoid in Theresienstadt concentration camp ); Karl Hanke , 41, German Nazi official (killed by Czech partisans while trying to ...
1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case related to the power of a state to use its tax-supported public school system to aid religious instruction.
Educational organizations established in 1945 (3 C, 2 P) S. School buildings completed in 1945 (1 P) This page was last ...
The whereabouts of other members was not known. Isao Okazaki was released from prison in 1952, the year Japan regained independence. He started to manage Matsue-Josai High School in 1960, now Rissho University Shonan Kotogakko (立正大学淞南高等学校) and became the chairman of its board of directors.
The comedy film Abbott and Costello in Hollywood starring Abbott and Costello was released. Born: Clifton Davis , actor, singer, songwriter and pastor, in Chicago, Illinois October 5 , 1945 (Friday)