Historical Events In 1945

Feb 19   30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima on this day in history.   

Feb 19   900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days on this day in history.   

Feb 19   A U.S. invasion force of 30,000 marines land at Iwo Jima, starting a month-long WWII battle against Japanese troops on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26 in the year 1945.   

Feb 21   In the year 1945 archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties   

Feb 21   In the year 1945 british Army captures Goch   

Feb 21   Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold 1924), dies at 43 in the year 1945.   

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

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

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

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

Feb 22   In the year 1945 canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland   

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

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

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

Feb 23   In the year 1945 canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

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

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   In the year 1945 ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament   

Feb 24   In the year 1945 egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany   

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

Feb 25   Sgt. Aubrey Cosens (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) awarded the Victoria Cross at the Goch-Calear Road, Germany in the year 1945.   

Feb 25   US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo in the year 1945.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1945 uS infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach   

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Jan 03   Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 in the year 1945.   

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863) died in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1945.