Page 2: Historical Events In 1945

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

Jan 13   Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow in the year 1945.   

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

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   On this day in history "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1945 red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg   

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   Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) in the year 1945.   

Jan 17   Liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops on this day in history.   

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   Warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII in the year 1945.   

Jan 18   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 18   On this day in history warsaw freed by Soviet army   

Jan 19   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 19   In the year 1945 ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71   

Jan 20   FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President on this day in history.   

Jan 20   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 in the year 1945.   

Jan 21   British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history grand Rapids MI becomes first US city to fluoridate its water   

Jan 25   Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths in the year 1945.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Next Page »

Jan 03   Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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

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

Jan 02   Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 in the year 1945.   

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   Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1945 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 in the year 1945.