Historical Events In 1945

Mar 07   Yugoslavia government of Tito forms on this day in history.  

Mar 08   "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain in the year 1945.  

Mar 08   On this day in history 53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers  

Mar 08   On this day in history h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald  

Mar 08   In the year 1945 phyllis M Daley is first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign  

Mar 09   In the year 1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb  

Mar 09   On this day in history japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China  

Mar 10   Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine on this day in history.  

Mar 10   In the year 1945 japan declares Vietnam Independence  

Mar 10   On this day in history patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army  

Mar 10   Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing on this day in history.  

Mar 10   US troops lands on Mindanao on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs  

Mar 11   Flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death in the year 1945.  

Mar 12   30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1945 italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy  

Mar 12   On this day in history new York is the first to prohibit discrimination by race &creed in employment  

Mar 12   The British Empire celebrates its first British Empire Day on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1945 uSSR returns Transylvania to Romania  

Mar 13   In the year 1945 herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78  

Mar 13   Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands in the year 1945.  

Mar 13   Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman in the year 1945.  

Mar 14   During World War II, the 617 Dambuster Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) drops the heaviest bomb of the war on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany. Known as the "Grand Slam," the 22,000-pound bomb, which was designed by Sir Barnes Wallis, is dropped from an Avro Lancaster flown by RAF Squadron Leader C.C. Calder on this day in history.  

Mar 14   RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm on this day in history.  

Mar 14   The heaviest bomb of World War II, the 9,988kg "Grand Slam", is dropped by the RAF's Dambuster Squadron on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany in the year 1945.  

Mar 15   On this day in history 17th Academy Awards  

Mar 15   On this day in history 17th Academy Awards "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win  

Mar 15   In the year 1945 17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win  

Mar 15   Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) in the year 1945.  

Mar 15   On this day in history catholic University of Nijmegen reopens  

Mar 15   In the year 1945 herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41  

Mar 15   Record album charts first published in the United States in the year 1945.  

Mar 16   Allies secure Iwo Jima in the year 1945.  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)  

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)  

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33  

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   On this day in history death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)  

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1945.  

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1945.