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) in the year 1945.  

Jan 27   Russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) in the year 1945.  

Jan 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

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   In the year 1945 "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1945 gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90  

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

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 in the year 1945.  

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   On this day in history escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp  

Feb 02   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1945.  

Feb 05   Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds) in the year 1945.  

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   In the year 1945 jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed  

Feb 06   Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder in the year 1945.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 in the year 1945.  

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