Stories from 1945
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June 22, 1945
Richard Fredericksen
8
months ago
June 22, 1945
My parents were having a bitter argument about money. My mother decided she couldn't put up with it any longer and left the house to get in our car. My father followed her out there where the argument continued. My brother and I went to the bedroom window to witness the happening. He kind of assured me that everything would be alright. The argument ended and they came back into the house.
November 29, 1945
Joshua Wyche
10
months ago
November 17, 1945
Juanita Atha
10
months ago
September 1, 1945
Fred Smith
13
months ago
April 12, 1945
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Warm Springs, Georgia
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia.
April 30, 1945
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Berlin, Germany
Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin and soon after Germany surrendered to the allies.
August 6, 1945
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Japan
The United States is the first and only country to use atomic weaponry when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which quickly ended World War II and initiated the nuclear arms race. Less than a month later, Japan surrendered.
August 17, 1945
Animal Farm, a novel based on the Russian Revolution and Joseph Stalin, made writer George Orwell famous upon its publication.
October 24, 1945
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New York, New York
Peacekeeping organization the United Nations was established with headquarters in New York City.
