Sunday 26 August 1945
It was Sunday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Melvin Watt and Thomas J Ridge.
State Fair, directed by Walter Lang, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1945
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- 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
Famous Birthdays:
- Melvin Watt: (Rep-D-North Carolina).
- Thomas J Ridge: (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983- ).
- Jo Freeman: American lawyer and scholar.
- Tom Ridge: American sergeant and politician 1st Secretary of Homeland Security.
Famous Deaths:
- Franz Werfel: Austrian novelist, playwright and poet whose early work criticized the militaristic philosophy of the 1900's.
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 1945 ?
Top #4 songs in the USA
- On The Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe - Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra
- Hoagy Carmichael - Hong Kong Blues
- Perry Como - (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight
- Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only a Paper Moon
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Books
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Forever Amber
Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England—that of favorite mistress of the ...
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The Black Rose
Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China.
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Videogames
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