Kind Of Eerie How This Number Fell Straight On Veterans Day
What Happened in 1945
World War II ends
World War II ends When Japan surrenders in August ending World War II.
Percy Spencer accidentally discovers that microwaves can heat food.
Only 5,000 homes have Television Sets.
Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (ENIAC), is completed. It covers 1800 feet of floor space. The first set of calculations is run on the computer
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Atomic Bomb USA by Robert Oppenheimer's team.
Microwave Oven Percy LeBaron Spencer
U.S. Navy Flight 19 disappears over the Bermuda triangle.
More Information for Flight 19
1. United States Navy Flight 19 disappears over the Bermuda triangle during December .
2. Flight 19 was a squadron of five Avenger torpedo bombers carrying 14 men that had been on a simple training mission before running into difficulties over the Bermuda triangle.
3. During the mission all of the planes reported having compass and instrument malfunctions and, although it was unclear what actually happened, it is believed that the squadron ran out of fuel and ditched their planes into rough seas.
4. A Mariner aircraft carrying 13 men was then sent out to search for the squadron but also disappeared mysteriously.
5. No evidence of the planes or bodies were ever found during subsequent searches, adding to the mystery surrounding the Bermuda triangle.
6. The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean including the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean island area and the Atlantic east to the Azores.
7. The idea that the Bermuda Triangle is more dangerous than any other part of the oceans can be best described as an urban legend as statistics show that the number of ships or aircraft lost in "the Bermuda Triangle" is no greater than any other area of similar size.
The first atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in an attempt to end the Second World War.
More Information and Timeline for the first atomic bombs.
1. The United States begins research and development of an atomic bomb beginning in 1940 and the project is overseen by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer. It is called the Manhattan project.
2. On July 26th,1945 the Manhattan Project successfully tests the first atomic bomb in New Mexico.
3.The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6th.
4. The second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th.
5. It was estimated that the first bomb killed about 80,000 people instantly and tens of thousands of others were reported to have died from the effects of radiation in the coming weeks.
6. The second bomb was estimated to have killed another 40,000 people.
7. By August 15th the Japanese Emperor Hirohito issued Japan's unconditional surrender.