Historical Events In 1945

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

Mar 31   US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa in the year 1945.  

Apr 01   In the year 1945 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald  

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

Apr 04   On this day in history hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)  

Apr 04   On this day in history hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day)  

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 in the year 1945.  

Apr 05   On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41  

Apr 05   In the year 1945 kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki  

Apr 06   In the year 1945 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42  

Apr 06   In the year 1945 coevorden freed from nazis  

Apr 06   First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa in the year 1945.  

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   1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers in the year 1945.  

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   Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier on this day in history.  

Apr 09   Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged in the year 1945.  

Apr 09   Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   On this day in history allies liberate first Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)  

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

Apr 10   In the year 1945 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."  

Apr 11   In the year 1945 allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum  

Apr 11   On this day in history at the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna  

Apr 11   In the year 1945 kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer  

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 in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1945.  

Jan 10   In the year 1945 rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67  

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