Historical Events In 1945

Mar 31   Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", premieres in New York NY in the year 1945.  

Mar 31   On this day in history uS artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa  

Apr 01   On this day in history 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes  

Apr 01   On this day in history over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa  

Apr 01   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II in the year 1945.  

Apr 02   1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa in the year 1945.  

Apr 03   In the year 1945 hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army  

Apr 03   On this day in history joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43  

Apr 03   In the year 1945 nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald  

Apr 03   US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) in the year 1945.  

Apr 04   Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany on this day in history.  

Apr 04   US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld in the year 1945.  

Apr 05   Almelo Netherlands freed on this day in history.  

Apr 05   Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1945.  

Apr 05   Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki in the year 1945.  

Apr 06   Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 in the year 1945.  

Apr 06   Coevorden freed from nazis on this day in history.  

Apr 06   On this day in history first heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa.  

Apr 06   On this day in history most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.  

Apr 07   In the year 1945 1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers  

Apr 08   Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands on this day in history.  

Apr 08   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II on this day in history.  

Apr 09   On this day in history battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier  

Apr 09   Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged on this day in history.  

Apr 09   On this day in history liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360  

Apr 10   Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech) in the year 1945.  

Apr 10   Allies liberate first Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech) in the year 1945.  

Apr 10   On this day in history hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63  

Apr 10   On his last visit to Theresienstadt, Adolf Eichmann is heard to say, "I shall gladly jump into the pit, knowing that in the same pit there are 5 million enemies of the state." in the year 1945.  

Apr 11   Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum in the year 1945.  

Apr 11   At the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna on this day in history.  

Apr 11   On this day in history kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29  

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Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)  

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)  

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1945 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 06   On this day in history death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)  

Jan 08   In the year 1945 jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79  

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.