December 16th, 1945 (SUNDAY)
GERMANY: Berlin: The Schöneberg underground railway line reopens up to the Innsbrucker Platz, though without the Stadtpark station which was destroyed in a bombing raid on October 21st 1940.
The Jewish congregation is re-established in Nuremberg
U.S.S.R.: Lithuanian partisans take over the village of Perloja and shoot several Soviet activists.
CHINA: American occupation troops arrive in Tientsin,
U.S.A.: The second prototype Douglas XB-42A Mixmaster bomber crashes shortly after a record-breaking flight from Long Beach California to Washington at an average speed of 433.6 mph. More....
The top songs on the pop record charts are: "It Might as Well Be Spring" by The Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams; "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby; "It's Been a Long, Long Time" by The Harry James Orchestra with vocal by Kitty Kallen; and "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" by Bob Wills.