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==[[January 6]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
==[[January 6]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
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⚫ | [[File:George and Barbara Bush on their wedding day in Rye, New York - NARA - 186372.tif|thumb|right|Wedding of Barbara and George H. W. Bush.]] |
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*Japanese ''kamikaze'' attacks against American ships in the [[Lingayen Gulf]] region damaged the battleships [[USS New Mexico (BB-40)|USS ''New Mexico'']] and ''[[USS California (BB-44)|California]]'', two cruisers and four destroyers.<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6">{{cite web |url=http://ww2timelines.com/1945/january/01061945.htm |title=Events occurring on Saturday, January 6, 1945 |website=WW2Timelines.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
*Japanese ''kamikaze'' attacks against American ships in the [[Lingayen Gulf]] region damaged the battleships [[USS New Mexico (BB-40)|USS ''New Mexico'']] and ''[[USS California (BB-44)|California]]'', two cruisers and four destroyers.<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6">{{cite web |url=http://ww2timelines.com/1945/january/01061945.htm |title=Events occurring on Saturday, January 6, 1945 |website=WW2Timelines.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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*[[Turkey]] severed diplomatic relations with [[Japan]].<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6" /> |
*[[Turkey]] severed diplomatic relations with [[Japan]].<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6" /> |
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*The British destroyer ''[[HMS Walpole (D41)|Walpole]]'' struck a mine in the [[North Sea]] and was rendered a constructive total loss. |
*The British destroyer ''[[HMS Walpole (D41)|Walpole]]'' struck a mine in the [[North Sea]] and was rendered a constructive total loss. |
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*U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivered the [[State of the Union]] message. For the first and only time during his presidency, Roosevelt did not deliver the message as a speech before a joint session of Congress. Rather, he delivered it to Congress as a written message and recited a summary of the speech over the radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php |title=State of the Union Address and Messages |last1=Peters |first1=Gerbhard |last2=Woolley |first2=John T. |website=The American Presidency Project |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The message concluded: "1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace. This organization must be the fulfillment of the promise for which men have fought and died in this war. It must be the justification of all the sacrifices that have been made-of all the dreadful misery that this world has endured. We Americans of today, together with our Allies, are making history-and I hope it will be better history than ever has been made before. We pray that we may be worthy of the unlimited opportunities that God has given us."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/450106a.html |title=President Roosevelt's Message to Congress on the State of the Nation |website=[[ibiblio]] |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
*U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivered the [[State of the Union]] message. For the first and only time during his presidency, Roosevelt did not deliver the message as a speech before a joint session of Congress. Rather, he delivered it to Congress as a written message and recited a summary of the speech over the radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php |title=State of the Union Address and Messages |last1=Peters |first1=Gerbhard |last2=Woolley |first2=John T. |website=The American Presidency Project |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The message concluded: "1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace. This organization must be the fulfillment of the promise for which men have fought and died in this war. It must be the justification of all the sacrifices that have been made-of all the dreadful misery that this world has endured. We Americans of today, together with our Allies, are making history-and I hope it will be better history than ever has been made before. We pray that we may be worthy of the unlimited opportunities that God has given us."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/450106a.html |title=President Roosevelt's Message to Congress on the State of the Nation |website=[[ibiblio]] |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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⚫ | [[File:George and Barbara Bush on their wedding day in Rye, New York - NARA - 186372.tif|thumb|right|Wedding of Barbara and George H. W. Bush.]] |
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*Future United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] and future First Lady [[Barbara Bush]] were married. |
*Future United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] and future First Lady [[Barbara Bush]] were married. |
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*'''Died:''' [[Herbert Lumsden]], 47, British lieutenant general (killed by a ''kamikaze'' attack on the bridge of the battleship ''New Mexico'' during the bombardment of Luzon); [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], 81, Russian/Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist |
*'''Died:''' [[Herbert Lumsden]], 47, British lieutenant general (killed by a ''kamikaze'' attack on the bridge of the battleship ''New Mexico'' during the bombardment of Luzon); [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], 81, Russian/Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist |
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