Historical Events In 1945

Feb 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 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   British Army captures Goch on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line in the year 1945.  

Feb 22   Arab League forms (Cairo) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1945 british troops take Ramree Island, Burma  

Feb 22   Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland in the year 1945.  

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

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

Feb 23   In the year 1945 aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62  

Feb 23   In the year 1945 canadian troops occupy Kalkar  

Feb 23   In the year 1945 operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr  

Feb 23   In the year 1945 uS Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII.  

Feb 24   Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament in the year 1945.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 25   On this day in history uS aircraft carriers attack Tokyo  

Feb 26   Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force in the year 1945.  

Feb 27   In the year 1945 battle of US 94 Infantry  

Feb 27   On this day in history 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   Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi on this day in history.  

Mar 01   FDR announces success of Yalta Conference on this day in history.  

Mar 01   Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1945.  

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

Mar 01   US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach 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   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born in the year 1945.  

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33  

Jan 02   On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61  

Jan 03   On this day in history fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68  

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1945 death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)  

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.