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1945 — The United States drops an atomic bomb
on Hiroshima, Japan, killing or injuring about 135,000
people. After a second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki,
Japan announces its unconditional surrender.
- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College is founded
in Ontario, Canada 9/18
- Hitler commits suicide in the underground Reichs
Chancellery. German emissaries sign an unconditional
surrender to Rheims, France. The end of World War
II is proclaimed the following day.
- President Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage;
Vice President Truman becomes President.
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