- World War II ends on August 14 with the unconditional surrender of Japan. The Instrument of Surrender was signed on September 2, 1945 aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
- On August 6 the first atomic bomb was dropped from a B-29 on Hiroshima. The second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9 on Nagasaki.
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The Japanese surrender delegation lead by Foreign Minister Shigemitsu and Army Chief-of-Staff Umezu on the quarter-deck of Missouri
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Songs From 1945
“You’ll Never Walk Alone”
“New York, New York”
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Other Facts from 1945
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President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Harry Truman
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Average annual income
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$2,390
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New car
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$1,025
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Loaf of bread
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$0.09
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Gallon of milk
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$0.62
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Gallon of gas
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$0.15
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Dow Jones Average 169
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