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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.
Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—China, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France.
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.
2022 – A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children. [ 11 ] 2024 – Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry , Florida as a category four hurricane , killing over 250 people and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina .
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)
The year 1945 in science and technology involved some significant events, ... August 12 – The Smyth Report is released by the United States government, ...
Educational organizations established in 1945 (3 C, 2 P) S. School buildings completed in 1945 (1 P) This page was last ...