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campaign ends; Churchill jeered by crowds in some parts of London; boy throws firecracker at him; he warns against communism spread if leftists win
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US planes attack shipping off Shanghai
conf ends; Gov E Martin elected chmn; exec com members elected; resolutions adopted
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1945Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (died 2015)[†]
Michael Lennox Blake was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
1945Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico[†]
Humberto Benítez Treviño is a Mexican lawyer and politician. He was Attorney General of México from 1994 to 1996.
1945John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1885)[†]
John Curtin was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having been most notable for leading the country through the majority of World War II, including all but the last few weeks of the war in the Pacific. Curtin's leadership skills and personal character were acclaimed by his political contemporaries, and he is frequently ranked as one of Australia's greatest prime ministers and political leaders.
1945The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.[†]
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2024. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering 94,354 square miles (244,376 km2). It shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea, while maintaining sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London; Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.