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Sunday August 26, 1945
US date format: 8/26/1945, UK date format: 26/8/1945
It was Sunday, under the sign of Virgo (see birth chart on August 26, 1945). The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat).
Famous people born on this day include Melvin Watt and Ron Barber.
State Fair, directed by Walter Lang, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1945
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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State Fair
Directed by: Walter Lang
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
Country: United States of America
Isle of the Dead
Directed by: Mark Robson
Starring: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery
Frontier Fugitives
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Starring: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller
Love Letters
Directed by: William Dieterle
Starring: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway
Country: United States of America
Divorce
Directed by: William Nigh
Starring: Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Jerome Cowan
Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 26, 1945?
- RC saints - St Zephyrinus, Saint Ninian, David Lewis (one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales)
- Namibia - Namibia Day or Heroes' Day
- Zanzibar - Sultan's Birthday
Holidays
- Ron Barber: Politician.
- Melvin Watt: (Rep-D-North Carolina).
- Thomas J Ridge: (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983- ).
- Jo Freeman: American lawyer and scholar.
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Famous Birthday
- Franz Werfel: Austrian novelist, playwright and poet...
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 26, 1945?
- On The Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe - Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra
- Perry Como - (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight
- Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only a Paper Moon
- Hoagy Carmichael - Hong Kong Blues
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1945?
- LIFE: General Spaatz
- Time: Japan's acceptance of unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, ending WWII.
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