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1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat .
The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun.
History of the American Broadcasting Company. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by The Walt Disney Company through its subsidiary, Disney Entertainment. Along with NBC and CBS, ABC is one of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks.
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January 1 – Robert Lee Minor, American actor, stunt performerJanuary 2 – Lowell M. Snow, General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)January 5 – Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politicianFebruary 3 – Wayne Comer, American baseball player (d. 2023)February 5 – Al Kooper, American rock musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)February 8 – Bunky Henry, American professional golfer (d. 2018)March 1 – John Breaux, American politicianMarch 3 – Odessa Cleveland, American actress (M*A*S*H)March 4 – Bobby Womack, African-American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)March 6 – Mary Wilson, African-American singer (The Supremes) (d. 2021)April 1 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)April 3 – Tony Orlando, American musicianApril 4 – Craig T. Nelson, American actorApril 5 – Peter King, American politicianMay 1 – Marva Whitney, American singer (d. 2012)May 3 – Rusty Wier, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)May 4 – Russi Taylor, American actress (d. 2019)June 3 – Mary Thom, American journalist and author (d. 2013)June 4 – Michelle Phillips, American singer and actressJune 5 – Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographerJuly 1 – Diron Talbert, American football playerJuly 2 – Paul Schudel, American football player and coachJuly 16 – Betty Davis, American singer, songwriter and model (d. 2022)September 1 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductorSeptember 3 – Ty Warner, American businessman, inventor of Beanie BabiesSeptember 8 – Bill Parkyn, scientist (d. 2012)October 2 – Vernor Vinge, American science fiction author and mathematician (d. 2024)October 4 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and managerOctober 6 – Mylon LeFevre, American singer and evangelist (d. 2023)October 8 – Dale Dye, American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and U.S. MarineFor other uses, see History of the United Kingdom (1945–present). Post-war Britain. 8 May 1945 – 3 May 1979. Winston Churchill waves to crowds on Whitehall on VE Day, 8 May 1945, after broadcasting to the nation that the war against Germany had been won. Ernest Bevin stands to his right.
The Memex is the brainchild of top U.S. scientist Vannevar Bush, an analog computing pioneer who had helped oversee development of the atomic bomb. The basic mechanism he suggests is a microfilm automatic selector similar to those built by optics pioneer Emmanuel Goldberg in the early 1930s. Bush publicizes the Memex concept in 1945 articles in ...
