July 1945

Thursday 05:

World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.

Monday 09:

A forest fire breaks out in the Tillamook Burn, the third fire in that area since 1933.

Sunday 15:

President Harry Truman disembarks the heavy cruiser the USS Augusta (CA-31) in Antwerp en route to Potsdam for the Potsdam Conference.

Monday 16:

Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon at the Trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Tuesday 17:

At Potsdam, the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2.

Thursday 19:

Montgomery Ward is seized by United States Army troops at the direction of Attorney General Francis Biddle because of its refusal to obey National War Labor Board orders. Montgomery Ward chairman Seward Avery is carried out of his office by troops

Friday 20:

The U.S. Congress approves the Bretton Woods Agreement.

Thursday 26:

The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.

Saturday 28:

A US Army bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.

Sunday 29:

The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

Monday 30:

World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst single loss in the history of the United States Navy.

Tuesday 31:

Pierre Laval, fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.