Welcome to the Class of 1945
Did You Know?
February 4 The Yalta Conference begins
February 19 World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima
April 12 President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
April 29 The German armed forces in Italy surrender to the allies
May 7 Germany officially surrenders in WWII.
May 8 VE Day. German forces agree to an unconditional surrender.
July 16 The US detonates the first plutonium-based test nuclear weapon ushering in the Atomic Age.
July 28 A US Army bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building
August 6 An atomic bomb is dropped by the plane Enola Gay on the city of Hiroshima in Japan.
August 14 Japan surrenders to the Allies in World War II
August 19 Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
August 30 British Forces liberate Hong Kong from Japan
October 24 Founding of the United Nations as an international organization
October 25 The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan
December 28 The U.S. Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
Famous Birthdays
January 3 Steven Stills (Singer Songwriter)
January 3 Victoria Principal (Actress)
January 5 Jimmy Page (Musician with Led Zeppelin)
January 10 Rod Stewart (Singer)
January 29 Tom Selleck (Actor)
February 3 Bob Griese (Football Player)
February 6 Bob Marley (Singer)
February 9 Mia Farrow (Actress)
March 6 Rob Reiner (Actor)
March 8 Mickey Dolenz (Singer)
March 30 Eric Clapton (Singer)
March 31 Gabe Kaplan (Actor)
May 1 Rita Coolidge (Singer)
May 6 Bob Segar (Musician)
May 19 Pete Townshend (Singer)
May 24 Pricilla Presley (Actress)
May 28 John Fogerty (Singer)
June 24 George Pataki (Govenor of New York)
June 25 Carly Simon (Singer)
July 28 Jim Davis (Cartoonist - Garfield)
October 15 Jim Palmer (Baseball Player)
October 19 John Lithgow (Actor)
October 30 Henry Winkler (TV's Fonzie)
November 21 Goldie Hawn (Actress)
December 1 Bette Midler (Actress)
December 17 Ernie Hudson (Actor)
Spencer High School Alumni
| Fred Craig | wfc70@AOL.com |
| Chester Dodd Jr. | chetjoandodd@suddenlink.net |
| Willie Harris | bbbharris1@worldnet.att.com |
| Alice Parrish (Hughes) | bruceop@yahoo.com |
