Historical Events In 1945

Feb 19   In the year 1945 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima  

Feb 19   900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days in the year 1945.  

Feb 19   In the year 1945 a U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops.  

Feb 19   On this day in history wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26  

Feb 21   Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history british Army captures Goch  

Feb 21   On this day in history eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43  

Feb 21   In the year 1945 uS 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line  

Feb 22   Arab League forms (Cairo) in the year 1945.  

Feb 22   In the year 1945 arab League froms (Cairo)  

Feb 22   On this day in history british troops take Ramree Island, Burma  

Feb 22   Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland on this day in history.  

Feb 23   2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London in the year 1945.  

Feb 23   In the year 1945 2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London  

Feb 23   On this day in history aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62  

Feb 23   Canadian troops occupy Kalkar on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr in the year 1945.  

Feb 23   On this day in history uS Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII.  

Feb 24   On this day in history ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament  

Feb 24   Egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany in the year 1945.  

Feb 24   U.S. troops liberate Manila from the Japanese during WWII in the year 1945.  

Feb 25   On this day in history sgt. Aubrey Cosens (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) awarded the Victoria Cross at the Goch-Calear Road, Germany  

Feb 25   In the year 1945 uS aircraft carriers attack Tokyo  

Feb 26   Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Battle of US 94 Infantry in the year 1945.  

Feb 27   In the year 1945 hJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen  

Feb 27   U.S. troops land on Iwo Jima in the year 1945.  

Mar 01   In the year 1945 british 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten  

Mar 01   On this day in history chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi  

Mar 01   FDR announces success of Yalta Conference in the year 1945.  

Mar 01   In the year 1945 fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander  

Mar 01   Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1945 major Frederick A. Tilston Cdn.(The Essex Scottish Regimetn) wins the Victoria Cross at Hochwald, Germany  

Mar 01   On this day in history uS infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach  

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)  

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

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   In the year 1945 betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61  

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   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 on this day in history.