In the News...

●    Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final defeat of Germany (Feb. 4–11).

●    FDR dies (April 12).

●    Hitler commits suicide (April 30);

●    Germany surrenders (May 7); May 8 is declared V-E Day.

●    Potsdam Conference (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) establishes basis of German reconstruction (July–Aug.).

●    U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9).

●    Japan signs official surrender on V-J Day (Sept. 2).

●    United Nations established (Oct. 24).

●    First electronic computer, ENIAC, built.

Automotive News

●    Passenger car production resumes - July

●    Gas rationing ends - August