October 19th, 1945 (FRIDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Aircraft carrier HMS Perseus commissioned.
HUNGARY: Martial Law is declared to quell growing unrest.
CANADA: Frigate HMCS La Hulloise completed tropicalization refit Saint John.
U.S.A.: USAAF 77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) departs the Territory of Alaska.
Destroyer USS Johnson commissioned.
1951 (FRIDAY)
U.S.A.: President Harry S. Truman signs an act that formally ends the war with Germany. (Tom Hickcox)