Historical Events In 1945

Jan 25   In the year 1945 west Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma  

Jan 26   On this day in history soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp  

Jan 26   Soviet troops arrive at Auschwitz to discover 7,600 survivors and 648 corpses. Most of the prisoners in Auschwitz had been sent out on a death march on Jan 18 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   In the year 1945 nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)  

Jan 27   Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested  

Jan 28   Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java in the year 1945.  

Jan 28   In the year 1945 general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China  

Jan 28   In the year 1945 philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37  

Jan 28   On this day in history swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

Jan 30   On this day in history "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die  

Jan 30   On this day in history german ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die  

Jan 30   Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90 in the year 1945.  

Jan 31   On this day in history eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25  

Jan 31   Eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War on this day in history.  

Jan 31   US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 in the year 1945.  

Feb 01   US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp in the year 1945.  

Feb 02   On this day in history karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60  

Feb 03   Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released in the year 1945.  

Feb 04   In the year 1945 fDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta  

Feb 04   On this day in history fDR, Churchill &Stalin meet at Yalta  

Feb 04   In the year 1945 winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss plans for the defeat of the Axis powers and to decide on the post-war future  

Feb 05   Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds) on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)  

Feb 05   British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta in the year 1945.  

Feb 05   On this day in history uS troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla  

Feb 06   In the year 1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz  

Feb 06   Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed in the year 1945.  

Feb 06   In the year 1945 russian Red Army crosses the river Oder  

« 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals) was born in the year 1945.  

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   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)  

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   In the year 1945 rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67  

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1945.