Historical Events In 1945

Jan 12   US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow  

Jan 13   In the year 1945 the Soviet 'Red' army occupies the Hungarian city of Budapest  

Jan 14   Death marches to the interior of Germany begin, taking 250,000 Jewish lives in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 15   "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets  

Jan 15   On this day in history red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp  

Jan 16   Dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 in the year 1945.  

Jan 16   Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg in the year 1945.  

Jan 16   In the year 1945 u.S. first and 3rd army units close the bulge, but do not succeed in entrapping enemy forces.  

Jan 16   US first & 3rd army meet at Houffalise in the year 1945.  

Jan 17   Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation in the year 1945.  

Jan 17   In the year 1945 liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)  

Jan 17   On this day in history liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops  

Jan 17   On this day in history swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary  

Jan 17   On this day in history warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII.  

Jan 18   In the year 1945 approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz.  

Jan 18   In the year 1945 warsaw freed by Soviet army  

Jan 19   Approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71  

Jan 20   In the year 1945 fDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President  

Jan 20   In the year 1945 franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to four terms in office, was inaugurated to his final term. He died three months later and was succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman.  

Jan 21   On this day in history british troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma  

Jan 21   The Brazilian Expeditionary Force leads an allied attack on Monte Castelo in Italy, the only participation of South American troops in World War II in the year 1945.  

Jan 22   A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   In the year 1945 burma highway reopens  

Jan 22   HMCS Trentonian (Corvette) torpedoed on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation in the year 1945.  

Jan 23   On this day in history helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37  

Jan 24   On this day in history scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg  

Jan 25   In the year 1945 dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil  

Jan 25   Grand Rapids MI becomes first US city to fluoridate its water on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   In the year 1945 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 in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1945 vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33  

Jan 02   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79  

Jan 09   In the year 1945 death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)  

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

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