Page 15: Historical Events In 1945

May 30   Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed.   

Jun 04   6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa.   

Jun 04   Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies at 66.   

Jun 05   Berlin council of Allied commanders begins   

Jun 05   Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London.   

Jun 05   USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany.   

Jun 06   "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam   

Jun 06   Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide   

Jun 07   Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74   

Jun 07   Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria.   

Jun 09   "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA   

Jun 10   9th Division supported by the RAAF lands at Brunei Bay, beginning the invasion of British North Borneo.   

Jun 12   US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa   

Jun 13   Australians capture Brunei   

Jun 13   Heerjansdam soccer team forms.   

Jun 14   Rod Argent, rocker (The Zombies-Never Even Thought)   

Jun 16   In this year, 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian claims in 1:58.8.   

Jun 17   Australians land at Weston, North Borneo   

Jun 17   Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)   

Jun 18   Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle   

Jun 18   William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason.   

Jun 20   Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58.   

Jun 21   Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to US during WW II.   

Jun 21   Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53.   

Jun 21   New communist government estblished in Poland   

Jun 21   US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II.   

Jun 22   Beaufort, Borneo, occupied   

Jun 22   Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri.   

Jun 22   Japanese resistance on Tarakan ends   

Jun 23   In this year, 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot claims in 2:30.2.   

Jun 23   Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa   

Jun 24   Schermerhorn govt forms   

Jun 25   Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas   

Jun 25   Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player   

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,    

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),    

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,    

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),   

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,    

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,