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Francis Forde(1890-1983)Australian Labor Party05/07/1945 to 13/07/1945
Relinquished position to newAustralian Labor Party leader
John Curtin(1885-1945)Australian Labor Party07/10/1941 to 05/07/1945Died while in office
Ben Chifley(1880-1961)Australian Labor Party13/07/1945 to 19/12/1949Defeated in general election
Arthur Fadden(1895-1973)Country Party29/08/1941 to 07/10/1941Defeated on floor of the house
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Prime MinistersHistorical Events Prime Minister in OfficeYear
13th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Arthur Fadden 1941 Battle of Kiev: 700,544 casualties during the month-long battle First gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz
14th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: John Curtin Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war Japan aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii USA enters World War II Australia declares war on Japan Daylight savings introduced 1942 Singapore falls to the Japanese Army Darwin bombed in Japanese air raids Sydney Harbour: Japanese subs attack naval ship -19 sailors killed Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II Battle of Kokoda Trail Battle of Stalingrad: Germany surrenders to USSR 1943. Hospital ship, Centaur, torpedoed off Cape Moreton, Qld Operation Chastise: Bouncing bombs breach German dams Japanese air raids on Darwin and across northern Australia D-Day: Invasion of Normandy by allied forces commences 1944 Assassination attempt on Hilter fails: 7,00 arrested by Gustapo World Bank and International Monetary Fund established First Japanese kamikaze attack on US fleet Prisioners of war escape detention camp at Cowra, NSW Liberal Party of Australia formed at Canberra conference
United Nations established to promote international peace 1945 VE-Day: Germany surrenders, ending war in Europe 15th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Francis Forde World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared Nicaragua: First nation to formally accept UN Charter
16th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Ben Chifley Hiroshima: The first atomic bomb dropped
Trials of major war criminals commence in Nuremberg United Nations: First meeting of General Assembly, London 1946
First bikini swimwear is shown at Paris fashion show Joint Coal Board established
UN grants Australia trusteeship of New Guinea and Papua
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) established
Woomera rocket range established for testing missiles 1947
India/Pakistan gain independence from Britain Reports of UFO crash landing at Roswell, New Mexico
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition established
Commonwealth awards employees win 40 hour work week 1948
Gandhi assassinated
Qantas Empire Airways Act: Qantas now publicly owned
Dr HV Evatt is elected President of the UN General Assembly
Australia signs Universal Declaration of Human Rights
USSR blockades Berlin
Declaration of establishment of State of Israel
Holden’s first ‘family motor car’ comes off the assembly line
Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into operation 1949
ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) established
Work begins on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme