On the first day of 1945 the USC Trojans beat the University of Tennessee Volunteers 25-0 in the Rose Bowl.
The 1945 baseball MVPs were Hal Newhouser AL and Phil Cavarretta NL. (You remember them of course.)
I’m not sure who we would consider “shared ground” nations today; as bad as things are here, it appears the tyranny is much worse in England, Canada, etc..