Historical Events In 1945

Jan 12   In the year 1945 uS Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea  

Jan 13   Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow on this day in history.  

Jan 13   The Soviet 'Red' army occupies the Hungarian city of Budapest on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1945 sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43  

Jan 15   In the year 1945 "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs  

Jan 15   Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp in the year 1945.  

Jan 16   Dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1945 scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg  

Jan 16   U.S. first and 3rd army units close the bulge, but do not succeed in entrapping enemy forces on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   Warsaw freed by Soviet army on this day in history.  

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   Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61 in the year 1945.  

Jan 22   In the year 1945 burma highway reopens  

Jan 22   In the year 1945 hMCS Trentonian (Corvette) torpedoed  

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

Jan 23   Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37 in the year 1945.  

Jan 24   Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg in the year 1945.  

Jan 25   Dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths  

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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   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)  

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director  

Jan 01   On this day in history vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1945 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 06   Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) died in the year 1945.  

Jan 08   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67  

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.