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Apr 24, 1945
Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie auditions for a place in the Army's entertainment division. After singing several songs, he is summarily rejected
Apr 28, 1945
Deposed dictator Benito Mussolini is hung in Mezzegra, Italy, in the closing days of World War II. Just months earlier, his name had appeared in the lyrics of a hillbilly hit: Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
Apr 30, 1945
With World War II coming to a perceptible end, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin with a shot to the head. Three years earlier, he was recognized in the title of Carson Robison's topical country hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler"
May 7, 1945
After frequently avoiding the Army, Woody Guthrie is formally inducted and sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey. It's the same day the Germans surrender to Allied forces
May 19, 1945
Gene Autry tops the Billboard country singles chart for the first of eight total weeks with the World War II soldier tale "At Mail Call Today"
Jul 7, 1945
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys plant their flag at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima"
Jul 17, 1945
Gene Autry is discharged from the Army after flying for its Air Corps over the Far East and northern Africa during World War II
Aug 4, 1945
While on a USO tour of the Pacific, Gene Autry has drinks with General Roger Ramey, just two days before Ramey oversees the atomic bomb's use on Hiroshima
Aug 6, 1945
The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, using uranium manufactured in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The town's name is later bestowed on The Oak Ridge Boys. The World War II event helps inspire The Buchanan Brothers' country hit "Atomic Power"
Aug 7, 1945
The morning after the U.S. bombed Hiroshima, Japan, Charlotte disc jockey Fred Kirby writes "Atomic Power," a future Top 10 hit for The Buchanan Brothers
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