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March 1945 in Montana

March 1 – All taverns, nightclubs, and places of entertainment were ordered to close at midnight to save energy.

March 5 – Temperatures in Lewistown fell to minus 34 degrees, the coldest place in the nation.

March 10 – The 163rd Infantry Regiment (formed from the Montana National Guard) landed on the Zamboanga peninsula of Mindanao, Philippines.

March 18 – Memorial services were held at Browning for five Blackfeet tribal members killed in the war.

March 22 – The Pacific Car and Foundry Co. in Billings was honored with an “E” award celebration for war production.

March 26 – A “war-weary” veteran pilot from the Great Falls Army Air Base was arrested after repeatedly buzzing Great Falls at 2 a.m.

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January 1945 in Montana

January 1 – Two new state supreme court justices were sworn into office.

January 3 – U.S. Navy carrier aircraft bombed Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands.

January 4 – Congress authorized $42 million for the construction of Hungry Horse dam.

January 5 – Two Nisei working at Essex for the Great Northern Railroad were arrested in Kalispell for impersonating FBI agents.

January 6 – A prisoner escaped from the Fort Missoula Detention camp.

January 8 – Margaret Park in Great Falls was renamed Charles M. Russell Park.

January 9 – The U.S. Army began landing at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon. A Gore Field pilot died in a crash in the Yukon.

January 10 – Another Fort Missoula prisoner escaped.

January 12 – A major Soviet offensive began on the Eastern front. Civilian ammunition sales halted once again.

January 14 – Rep. James O’Connor died in Washington D.C. of a sudden heart attack at age 66.

January 16 – Vandals broke 100 windows at Lowell School in Great Falls.

January 18 – The Meatless Tuesday program was reinstated, as was butter rationing.

January 20 – Rep. James O’Connor was buried in Livingston.

January 21 – Hungary declared war on Germany.

January 22 – Chinese forces cleared the Ledo road, opening a land route to China.

January 25 – U.S. troops retook Clark Field in the Philippines. FBI agents arrested three Butte men suspected of operating a major auto-theft ring, and seized contraband tires, tubes and tools.

January 30 – Fire destroyed the Eager Company store in Winnett, the largest business in Petroleum County.

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July 1944 in Montana

July 1 – A fire at a Butte manganese plant caused $3,000 damage. The State Capitol bond was paid off after 46 years. A Wilsall woman received a card mailed by her father in White Sulphur Springs more than 30 years before.

July 4 – Murrill’s Cocktail Lounge in Great Falls had its entire liquor stock seized for allegedly giving a false report of stock on hand.

July 5 – An Augusta bar owner killed a drunk cowboy in self–defense.

July 12 – A Hesper woman murdered her husband and infant son, then set fire to the house and killed herself.

July 13 – Singer Dinah Shore sprained her ankle while vacationing with husband George Montgomery at Lincoln.

July 18 – A primary election was held in Montana.

July 20 – A bomb planted by a German officer exploded in Hitler’s bunker but failed to kill him.

July 31 – Adm. Charles P. Cecil, formerly the captain of the

USS Helena, was killed in a plane crash in the Pacific.

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