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March 8, 2023

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Were You Alive In March 1945?

March 1945 news & headlines: End of WWII British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; WWII events in Germany, Japan & Philippines; Going My Way wins 7 Academy Awards including for Best…

December 7, 2015

Were You Alive in December 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From December 1945: General Patton Dies, Bells of St. Mary's Debuts, & The Slinky Success U.S. General George S. Patton Jr., commander of the 3rd and 7th…

November 29, 2015

Were You Alive in September 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From September 1945: Setting the Stage in Vietnam & Korea, The Cold War Begins in Ottawa, and Kolff Invents Dialysis During World War II, Vietnamese communist revolutionary…

November 22, 2015

Were You Alive in August 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From August 1945: Hiroshima, The Kiss on V-J Day, Forever Amber (Hiroshima Dome circa 1945 Photo: DozoDomo | Flickr Some rights reserved) Senior citizens will remember…

November 20, 2015

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Were You Alive in July 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From July 1945: Atomic Bomb Test, Empire State Building Crash, & USS Indianapolis Sinks in Shark Infested Waters The first atomic bomb was detonated as a test…

November 18, 2015

Were You Alive in June 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From June 1945: PM Mackenzie King Wins 6th Term, Battle of Okinawa Ends, & Who's On First? 70-year-old septuagenarian senior citizen and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon…

November 15, 2015

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Were You Alive in May 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From May 1945: Victory in Europe, VE Day Celebrations & Sentimental Journey On May 1, 1945, a German radio station broke the news to the world that…

November 10, 2015

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Were You Alive in April 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From April 1945: Death Camp Liberation, Il Duce Killed, Maple Leafs Win the Stanley CupIn Japan, U.S. troops invaded Okinawa on April 1st to begin the Battle…

November 5, 2015

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Were You Alive in February 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From February 1945: Yalta Conference, Iwo Jima, & Rocket RichardCanadian and British soldiers embarked on the Battle of the Reichswald (Operation Veritable, Feb 8-Mar 11, 1945) in…

November 3, 2015

Were You Alive in January 1945?

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1945: Roosevelt Inauguration, The Great Raid POW Rescue, and Canadian ConscriptionBy the start of 1945, World War II had been going on since 1939. Canada's…