Historical Events In 1945

Apr 11   In the year 1945 u.S. troops liberate approximately 20,000 prisoners from Buchenwald.  

Apr 12   Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 in the year 1945.  

Apr 12   General Eisenhower is shown the first cave where the Nazis hoarded $250 million in captured treasures, one half-mile under the earth's surface on this day in history.  

Apr 13   Allies occupy Wien (Vienna) in the year 1945.  

Apr 13   In the year 1945 canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis  

Apr 13   In the year 1945 president Roosevelt dies.  

Apr 14   In the year 1945 the German "Ruhr"garrison surrenders to General Bradley. 320,000 German soldiers are captured.  

Apr 14   Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace in the year 1945.  

Apr 15   British Army liberates Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen in the year 1945.  

Apr 15   On this day in history fDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home  

Apr 16   On this day in history german troops in Groningen surrender  

Apr 16   US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II on this day in history.  

Apr 17   8th Air Force bombs Dresden in the year 1945.  

Apr 17   Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed on this day in history.  

Apr 18   On this day in history 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4  

Apr 18   On this day in history clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops  

Apr 18   Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44 in the year 1945.  

Apr 19   On this day in history j P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed  

Apr 19   In the year 1945 rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway  

Apr 20   On this day in history cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride  

Apr 20   On this day in history hitler commits suicide after U.S. troops occupy Munich.  

Apr 20   In the year 1945 soviet troops enter Berlin  

Apr 20   US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg on this day in history.  

Apr 21   In the year 1945 allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory  

Apr 21   John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.  

Apr 22   Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated in the year 1945.  

Apr 22   General Eisenhower invites eight U.S. congressmen to visit death camps in the year 1945.  

Apr 22   On this day in history kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77  

Apr 22   On this day in history toronto Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup  

Apr 23   In the year 1945 albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42  

Apr 23   In the year 1945 concentration camp Flossenburg liberated  

Apr 23   In only U.S. use of guided missiles in WW II, 2 BAT missiles release at Balikiapan, Borneo in the year 1945.  

Apr 24   On this day in history a new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.  

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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   In the year 1945 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   In the year 1945 birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)  

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1945 death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)  

Jan 08   On this day in history jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79  

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.