Page 7: Historical Events In 1945

Mar 07   Yugoslavia government of Tito forms in the year 1945.   

Mar 08   "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain on this day in history.   

Mar 08   53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers in the year 1945.   

Mar 08   In the year 1945 h J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald   

Mar 08   On this day in history phyllis M Daley is first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign   

Mar 09   334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China   

Mar 10   Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history japan declares Vietnam Independence   

Mar 10   In the year 1945 patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army   

Mar 10   Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history uS troops lands on Mindanao   

Mar 11   1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1945 flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

Mar 12   30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers in the year 1945.   

Mar 12   On this day in history anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp   

Mar 12   On this day in history italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy   

Mar 12   On this day in history new York is the first to prohibit discrimination by race &creed in employment   

Mar 12   The British Empire celebrates its first British Empire Day on this day in history.   

Mar 12   USSR returns Transylvania to Romania on this day in history.   

Mar 13   On this day in history herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78   

Mar 13   Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1945 sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman   

Mar 14   During World War II, the 617 Dambuster Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) drops the heaviest bomb of the war on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany. Known as the "Grand Slam," the 22,000-pound bomb, which was designed by Sir Barnes Wallis, is dropped from an Avro Lancaster flown by RAF Squadron Leader C.C. Calder in the year 1945.   

Mar 14   In the year 1945 rAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm   

Mar 14   In the year 1945 the heaviest bomb of World War II, the 9,988kg "Grand Slam", is dropped by the RAF's Dambuster Squadron on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany.   

Mar 15   In the year 1945 17th Academy Awards   

Mar 15   On this day in history 17th Academy Awards "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win   

Mar 15   In the year 1945 17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win   

Mar 15   Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Record album charts first published in the United States on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1945 allies secure Iwo Jima   

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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   In the year 1945 birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1945 birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)   

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1945.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67   

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