Page 3: Historical Events In 1945

Jan 25   West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma in the year 1945.   

Jan 26   Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp in the year 1945.   

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) in the year 1945.   

Jan 27   In the year 1945 russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

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

Jan 28   Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on this day in history.   

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

Jan 28   Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands in the year 1945.   

Jan 30   "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 30   Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 in the year 1945.   

Jan 31   In the year 1945 eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War   

Jan 31   US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath in the year 1945.   

Feb 01   Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie in the year 1945.   

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1945 almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin   

Feb 03   In the year 1945 jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

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

Feb 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds)   

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   US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla in the year 1945.   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Feb 06   Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder 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   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)   

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)   

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

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1945.   

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 in the year 1945.   

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1945 rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67   

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