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The United States along with 25 other countries sign a declaration of war against the Axis. This was the first time the name "United Nations" was used.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a stroke on April 12, 1945, ending the longest term a president has ever held in the United States.
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Victory in Europe day was accomplished on May 8, 1945, after Germany was defeated.
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On August 6, 1942, the atomic bomb Fat Man was dropped into Hiroshima. Killing at least 80,000 lives, the United States expected Japan to surrender. Upon Japan's silence, Little Boy was dispatched on August 9th killing an additional 40,000. Both of these devastating events together led to Japan's peace agreement which was signed onboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.
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French-allied state of Vietnam is officially formed and Bao Dai is installed as Emporer. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bao-Dai
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Walt Disney's twelfth animation, Cinderella, is premiered in Boston.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted and sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
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North Korea and United Nations sign an armistice to stop fighting and divide Korea at the 38th parallel.
