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Wednesday, 3
January 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Bell Inn, Room 11, Aston Clinton, Bucks.
-
Kenneth Grant visits Crowley for the second time.
To memorialize the occasion Crowley presents his own
"Library Copy" of a one volume edition of
Orpheus to Grant with the inscription 'A feast no
more but what remains is the memory of the most Pleasant
Afternoon that I ever spent. Jan 4 1945 e.v. Aleister
Crowley.'
[14]
- Crowley prepares a
horoscope for Kenneth Grant. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley
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Residence:
Bell Inn, Room 11, Aston Clinton, Bucks.
- Regina Kahl dies
this day at her sister's house.
[219]
Crowley suggested that her epitaph should be: "She was over-engined;
her soul had shaken her body to pieces."
[7] |
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Wednesday,
10
January 1945 |
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Thursday, 11
January 1945 |
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Saturday, 13
January 1945 |
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Wednesday,
17 January 1945 |
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Thursday, 18 January 1945 |
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Saturday, 20
January 1945 |
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Wednesday,
24
January 1945 |
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Thursday, 25
January 1945 |
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Saturday, 27
January 1945 |
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Wednesday,
31
January 1945 |
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Thursday, 1
February 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
-
Crowley moves to Netherwood. When given a choice of rooms he selects
room number
13, situated at the south-facing rear of the house, where it
overlooks the grounds and gardens. Crowley's room has
access to a bathroom and toilet and is furnished with a
single bed, a large wardrobe, a sink with hot and cold
running water, a writing table and a bookshelf.
[47].
[54] |
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Saturday, 3
February 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- U.S.
troops enter Manila, Philippines. The month long battle ends
3 years of Japanese military occupation. |
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Wednesday, 7
February 1945 |
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Thursday, 8
February 1945 |
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Saturday, 10
February 1945 |
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Tuesday, 13
February 1945 |
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Wednesday,
14 February 1945 |
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Thursday, 15
February 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Venezuela
declares war on Nazi Germany. |
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Saturday, 17
February 1945 |
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Tuesday, 20
February 1945 |
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Wednesday,
21
February 1945 |
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Thursday, 22
February 1945 |
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Saturday, 24
February 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Egypt
& Syria declare war on Nazi Germany. |
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Tuesday, 27
February 1945 |
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Wednesday,
28
February 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
Kenneth Grant
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Current Events:
- British
princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, joins the
British Auxiliary Transport Service as a driver. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Tokyo,
Japan is on fire after massive U.S. aerial bombing resulting
in over 100,000 people (mostly civilians) dead. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Grady McMurtry
writes the poem "Eld." |
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Current Events:
- 1,000
Allied forces bombers drop 4,662 tons of bombs on Essen,
Germany. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
last German V-1 rocket attack on London. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Musician,
Eric Clapton is born. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Canadian
troops liberate the Westerbork Concentration Camp in the
Netherlands.
- U.S.
President, Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice
President, Harry S. Truman is sworn in as the 33rd U.S.
President. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary of the
death of Crowley's mother,
Emily. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- U.S.
troops liberate the Colditz Concentration Camp in Germany. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Battle of Berlin. The Red Army begins its attack on the
capital of Nazi Germany.
- U.S.
troops enter Nuremberg, Germany. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- Crowley diagnoses
Kenneth Grant as being "the most consummate BORE that
the world has yet known."
[47] |
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Current Events:
- The
U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin is heavily damaged in a
Japanese air raid. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Germany is liberated. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Flossenburg Concentration Camp in Germany is liberated. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Musician,
Miles Davis makes his recording debut. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to
Karl Germer |
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Current Events:
- The
U.S. Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi
Concentration Camp in Germany. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Munchen-Allag Concentration Camp in Germany is liberated.
Current Events:
- Adolf
Hitler commits suicide. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- About
1,000 citizens of Demmin, Germany, commit suicide after
being occupied by the Red Army. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Aleister Ataturk
is 8 years old.
- Over
1 million German soldiers officially surrender to the
Western Allies in Italy and Austria. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Allied
forces arrest German physicist, Werner Heisenbergt. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- German
forces in Denmark, Norway & the Netherlands surrender
unconditionally.
- German
forces in Bavaria surrender unconditionally. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to Dr. Smith |
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Current Events:
- U.S.
forces liberate the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria.
- The
Netherlands & Denmark are liberated from Nazi control.
- German
Admiral, Karl Donitz orders all U-boats to cease offensive
operations and return to their bases. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
-
Crowley presents
Kenneth Grant with the portrait of 'LAM' (LAM
front) (LAM
Rear).
[14],
[47] |
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Current Events:
- German
General, Wilhelm Keitel formally surrenders Nazi
Germany to the Allies.
- V-E
Day. World War II ends in Europe. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Nazi,
Hermann Goering is captured by the U.S. Army. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
-
Crowley inscribes copy # 156 of his book
The Book of Thoth to “156” with the following inscription “This
book / To that Full Moon / 156 / Enkindled by that Ray /
from the / Bulwark of Sunset / in the / City of the Angels /
with all my loyal Love / and best of Benedictions / from /
ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑ ΘΗΡΙΟΝ
/ 666. /
9º=2o
A∴A∴
/ An Ixix
in 21°
”
[444] |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
U.S. drops fire bombs on Tokyo, Japan. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes premieres in
London. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
United Nations Charter is signed by 50 nations. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
first test detonation of an atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New
Mexico. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Clement
Attlee becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- The
U.S., Great Britain and China demand the unconditional
surrender of Japan. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Toyama,
Japan is destroyed by U.S. B-29 bomber planes. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
U.S. drops an
atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by
the B-29 plane Enola Gay. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
United States drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of
Nagasaki. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
Correspondence:
-
Crowley to David Curwen |
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Current Events:
- Japan
announces its willingness to surrender, provided Emporer
Hirohito's status remains unchanged. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender under Japan's
conditions. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Japan's
Emporer Hirihito informs the imperial family that he has
decided to surrender. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- V-J
Day. Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. |
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Wednesday,
15
August 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- A
riot erupts in San Francisco while the city is celebrating
the end of World War II. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Anniversary of Edward
Crowley's
birth.
- Korea is divided into
North and South Korea along the 38th parallel. |
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Wednesday,
22
August 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful
coup. |
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Wednesday,
29
August 1945 |
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Saturday, 1
September 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
formal surrender of Japan is signed aboard the USS Missouri
and marks the end of World War II.
- Ho
Chi Minh declares Vietnam independent from France. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- All Japanese
forces in the Philippines surrender to Allied forces. |
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Tuesday, 4
September 1945 |
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Wednesday, 5
September 1945 |
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Thursday, 6
September 1945 |
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Saturday, 8
September 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Japanese
forces in South Korea, Taiwan, China & Indochina surrender
to Allied forces. |
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Monday, 10
September 1945 |
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Tuesday, 11
September 1945 |
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Wednesday,
12
September 1945 |
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Thursday, 13
September 1945 |
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Friday, 14
September 1945 |
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Saturday, 15
September 1945 |
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Sunday, 16
September 1945 |
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Monday, 17
September 1945 |
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Tuesday, 18
September 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- 1,000
whites walk out of Gary, Indiana, schools to protest
integration. |
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Wednesday,
19
September 1945 |
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Thursday, 20
September 1945 |
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Friday, 21
September 1945 |
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Saturday, 22
September 1945 |
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Sunday, 23
September 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The Fall Equinox. |
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Monday, 24
September 1945 |
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Tuesday, 25
September 1945 |
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Wednesday,
26
September 1945 |
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Thursday, 27
September 1945 |
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Friday, 28
September 1945 |
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Saturday, 29
September 1945 |
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Sunday, 30
September 1945 |
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Wednesday, 3
October 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Elvis
Presley's first public performance at the age of 10. |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- The
microwave oven is patented. |
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Wednesday,
10
October 1945 |
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Thursday, 11
October 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Chinese
civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang
Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party. |
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Saturday, 13
October 1945 |
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Wednesday,
17
October 1945 |
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Thursday, 18
October 1945 |
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Saturday, 20
October 1945 |
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Wednesday,
24
October 1945 |
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Thursday, 25
October 1945 |
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Saturday, 27
October 1945 |
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Wednesday, 31
October 1945 |
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Thursday, 1
November 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex.
- (circa
early November) Crowley's gold mohur, a standard gold coin
of India, goes missing. A "nice old man" tending the
Netherwood garden finds and returns Crowley's missing
gold mohur on 11 March 1946.
[54] |
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Saturday, 3
November 1945 |
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Wednesday, 7
November 1945 |
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Thursday, 8
November 1945 |
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Saturday, 10
November 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley |
Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Musician,
Neil Young is born. |
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Tuesday, 13
November 1945 |
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Wednesday,
14 November 1945 |
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Thursday, 15 November 1945 |
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Saturday, 17
November 1945 |
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Tuesday, 20
November 1945 |
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Wednesday,
21
November 1945 |
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Diary Entries:
-
Aleister Crowley
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Residence:
Netherwood, Room 13, The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex. |
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Current Events:
- Composer,
Benjamin Britten's 2nd String Quartet in C premieres. |
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Thursday, 22
November 1945 |
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Saturday, 24
November 1945 |
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Tuesday, 27
November 1945 |
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Wednesday,
28
November 1945 |
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Thursday, 29
November 1945 |
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Saturday, 1
December 1945 |
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Wednesday, 5
December 1945 |
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Thursday, 6
December 1945 |
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Saturday, 8
December 1945 |
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Tuesday, 11
December 1945 |
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Wednesday,
12
December 1945 |
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Thursday, 13
December 1945 |
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Saturday, 15
December 1945 |
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Tuesday, 18
December 1945 |
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Wednesday,
19 December 1945 |
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Thursday, 20 December 1945 |
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Saturday, 22
December 1945 |
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Tuesday, 25
December 1945 |
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Wednesday,
26
December 1945 |
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Thursday, 27
December 1945 |
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Saturday, 29
December 1945 |
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