Historical Events In 1945

Jan 25   On this day in history west Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma  

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

Jan 26   On this day in history 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.  

Jan 27   Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)  

Jan 27   Russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz in the year 1945.  

Jan 27   Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1945 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

Jan 28   General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1945 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 31   In the year 1945 eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25  

Jan 31   Eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War in the year 1945.  

Jan 31   On this day in history uS 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history uS Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie  

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 in the year 1945.  

Feb 03   On this day in history almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin  

Feb 03   Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1945.  

Feb 03   In the year 1945 walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released  

Feb 04   FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta in the year 1945.  

Feb 04   FDR, Churchill &Stalin meet at Yalta on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds)  

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

Feb 05   British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta on this day in history.  

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

Feb 06   On this day in history russian Red Army crosses the river Oder  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

Jan 06   Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1945 jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79  

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died in the year 1945.  

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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