Historical Events In 1945

Jan 25   West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma in the year 1945.  

Jan 26   Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp in the year 1945.  

Jan 26   Soviet troops arrive at Auschwitz to discover 7,600 survivors and 648 corpses. Most of the prisoners in Auschwitz had been sent out on a death march on Jan 18 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) in the year 1945.  

Jan 27   Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) on this day in history.  

Jan 27   In the year 1945 russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.  

Jan 27   Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested in the year 1945.  

Jan 28   Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java in the year 1945.  

Jan 28   On this day in history general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China  

Jan 28   Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1945 swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

Jan 30   "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die in the year 1945.  

Jan 30   In the year 1945 german ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die  

Jan 30   Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Jan 31   In the year 1945 eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25  

Jan 31   Eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history uS 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath  

Feb 01   Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 in the year 1945.  

Feb 01   In the year 1945 uS Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie  

Feb 02   Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp in the year 1945.  

Feb 02   Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1945 almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin  

Feb 03   Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released  

Feb 04   FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta in the year 1945.  

Feb 04   FDR, Churchill &Stalin meet at Yalta in the year 1945.  

Feb 04   On this day in history winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss plans for the defeat of the Axis powers and to decide on the post-war future  

Feb 05   Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds) on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) on this day in history.  

Feb 05   British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta in the year 1945.  

Feb 05   US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla in the year 1945.  

Feb 06   8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history russian Red Army crosses the river Oder  

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Jan 03   Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)  

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)  

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director  

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

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

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) died in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43