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December 5, 1945: Flight 19 disappears over the Bermuda Triangle (photo-illustration)

The following events occurred in December 1945:

December 1, 1945 (Saturday)

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December 2, 1945 (Sunday)

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December 3, 1945 (Monday)

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  • The Arab League voted in Cairo to boycott all goods from Jewish Palestine.[3]
  • The U.S. Supreme Court decided International Shoe Co. v. Washington, a landmark ruling that held that a party, particularly a corporation, may be subject to the jurisdiction of a state court if it has "minimum contacts" with that state.

December 4, 1945 (Tuesday)

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December 5, 1945 (Wednesday)

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December 6, 1945 (Thursday)

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  • U.S. General George C. Marshall testified at the Pearl Harbor inquiry that he did not anticipate the attack but that an "alert" defense would have prevented all but "limited harm."[7]
  • General MacArthur ordered the arrest of former Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and eight others as war criminals.[7]
  • The United Nations preparatory commission deadlocked 8–8 on the question of whether the selection of the location of a permanent home for the organization should be made via secret ballot or placed on public record.[8]
  • The drama film The Bells of St. Mary's starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman was released.

December 7, 1945 (Friday)

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  • Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita was found guilty of war crimes in a Manila court and sentenced to death.[3]
  • The U.S. State Department announced plans to resettle 6.6 million Germans from Eastern Europe in the U.S. and Soviet occupation zones of Germany in the next eight months.[7]
  • Born: Clive Russell, actor, in Reeth, England

December 8, 1945 (Saturday)

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December 9, 1945 (Sunday)

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December 10, 1945 (Monday)

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December 11, 1945 (Tuesday)

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December 12, 1945 (Wednesday)

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December 13, 1945 (Thursday)

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  • The British House of Commons voted to approve both the British-U.S. loan agreement and the Bretton Woods agreement.[16]
  • RCA gave a "live" demonstration of color television from its Princeton labs.[17]
  • The romantic comedy film Caesar and Cleopatra starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh had its world premiere in London, England.[18]
  • Died: Juana Bormann, 52, German SS concentration camp guard (hanged for crimes against humanity); Henri Dentz, 64, French general (died serving a life sentence in prison for collaborating with the Axis); Irma Grese, 22, German SS concentration camp guard (hanged for crimes against humanity); Fritz Klein, 57, German Nazi physician (hanged for crimes against humanity); Josef Kramer, 39, German Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (hanged for crimes against humanity); Elisabeth Volkenrath, 26, German concentration camp supervisor (hanged for crimes against humanity)

December 14, 1945 (Friday)

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December 15, 1945 (Saturday)

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  • The Battle of Ambarawa ended in Indonesian victory.
  • Occupation authorities in Japan issued the Shinto Directive, abolishing state support for the Shinto religion.
  • The U.N. preparatory commission voted to locate the permanent headquarters of the UN in the United States.[16]

December 16, 1945 (Sunday)

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December 17, 1945 (Monday)

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December 18, 1945 (Tuesday)

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December 19, 1945 (Wednesday)

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December 20, 1945 (Thursday)

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December 21, 1945 (Friday)

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December 22, 1945 (Saturday)

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December 23, 1945 (Sunday)

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December 24, 1945 (Monday)

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  • George S. Patton was buried in a brief ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in the Hamm district of Luxembourg City. His flag-draped coffin was borne from the railroad station to the burial site on a half-track.[24]
  • The Sodder children disappearance occurred in Fayetteville, West Virginia. A fire destroyed the home of George and Jennie Sodder and nine of their ten children. Four of the nine were rescued, but the bodies of the other five were never found. Some mysterious circumstances surrounding the fire and subsequent developments led the Sodders to believe for the rest of their lives that the five missing children survived.
  • Pope Pius XII broadcast his annual Christmas message listing the "fundamental prerequisites for a true and lasting peace." The pope called for "collaboration, good will, [and] reciprocal confidence in all peoples. The motives of hate, vengeance, rivalry, antagonism, and unfair and dishonest competition must be kept out of political and economic debates and decisions."[25]
  • Born: Lemmy, founder and frontman of the rock band Motörhead, born Ian Kilmister in Burslem, Staffordshire, England (d. 2015); Nicholas Meyer, screenwriter, producer, author and director, in New York City

December 25, 1945 (Tuesday)

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  • Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara was sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the mass execution of the 98 American civilians remaining on Wake Island on October 7, 1943. Before the verdict was read Sakaibara declared in an outburst that the Americans who planned and carried out the atomic bomb attacks on Japan should be regarded "in the same light as we."[26]
  • Born: Gary Sandy, actor, in Dayton, Ohio

December 26, 1945 (Wednesday)

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December 27, 1945 (Thursday)

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December 28, 1945 (Friday)

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  • The War Brides Act was enacted in the United States to allow alien spouses, natural children, and adopted children of American troops to enter the U.S. as non-quota immigrants, "if admissible".
  • A United Nations spokesman said that the committee would choose a site in the "general areas" of either Boston or New York City as a permanent home for the organization.[28]
  • Born: Birendra of Nepal, 11th King of Nepal, at Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu (d. 2001)
  • Died: Theodore Dreiser, 74, American novelist and journalist

December 29, 1945 (Saturday)

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December 30, 1945 (Sunday)

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December 31, 1945 (Monday)

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References

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  2. ^ Tallent, Aaron (December 10, 2015). "The Army-Navy Game During World War II". Athlon Sports & Life. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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  4. ^ Moore, William (December 5, 1945). "O.K. League in Senate, 65-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune: 1.
  5. ^ "Today In Sports History". JuneauEmpire.com. December 4, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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  8. ^ Fulton, William (December 7, 1945). "Split 8 to 8 Over Sire for World Capital". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune: 1.
  9. ^ ja:せきれい丸沈没事故 (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on January 11, 2024.
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  12. ^ a b c d e "Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice". United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  13. ^ "Steel Strike Called". Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh: 1. December 11, 1945.
  14. ^ "B-29 Flies From Coast In Record 5 ½ Hours". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. December 12, 1945.
  15. ^ Blake, Kristen (2009). The U.S.-Soviet Confrontation in Iran, 1945–1962: A Case in the Annals of the Cold War. New York: University Press of America. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7618-4492-1.
  16. ^ a b c d Yust, Walter, ed. (1946). 1946 Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. p. 16.
  17. ^ Abramson, Albert (2003). The History of Television, 1942 to 2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7864-1220-4.
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  19. ^ "House Passes a 'Weakened' Jobs Measure". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune: 1. December 15, 1945.
  20. ^ Weatherford, Doris (2010). American Women During World War II: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 329. ISBN 978-1-135-20190-6.
  21. ^ "Lindbergh Proposes Force For World Organization". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, VA: 1. December 18, 1945.
  22. ^ "Lord Haw Haw Loses Appeal". Madera Tribune. Madera, California: 1. December 18, 1945.
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  24. ^ "Patton Buried on Windy Hill Among Graves of His GIs". Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh: 1. December 24, 1945.
  25. ^ "Totalitarians Denounced in Pope's Message". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 9. December 25, 1945.
  26. ^ "U.S. to Hang Jap Admiral". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 1. December 26, 1945.
  27. ^ Leonard, p. 553.
  28. ^ "UNO Site to Be Near Boston or New York City". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 1. December 29, 1945.
  29. ^ "Hitler's Will Found Near Munich; Certificate of Marriage to Eva Braun". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, N.S.W.: 4 December 31, 1945.
  30. ^ "Chiang Acts to End Civil War in China". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. December 31, 1945.
  31. ^ Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2010). World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A-I. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-35652-0.