WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1945
Find out what all happened May to November 1945

A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against then president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day. (18. October 1945)

The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise. (21. November 1945)

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber. (29. May 1945)

Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan). (10. November 1945)

World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo. (11. September 1945)

Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios. (5. October 1945)

Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. (25. August 1945)

World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. (2. May 1945)

The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (15. June 1945)

A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond. (15. September 1945)

The Halifax Riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax. (8. May 1945)

World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army. (4. May 1945)

World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. (15. May 1945)

World War II: Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are murdered by Magda by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths. (1. May 1945)

Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. (3. September 1945)

Colombia joins the United Nations. (5. November 1945)

The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared. (29. November 1945)

The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. (29. July 1945)

A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. (28. July 1945)

World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins. (6. May 1945)