Historical Events In 1945

Mar 16   In the year 1945 pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52  

Mar 16   US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra on this day in history.  

Mar 17   On this day in history american forces defeat the Japanese at the battle of Iwo Jima  

Mar 17   On this day in history hMCS Guysborough torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay  

Mar 18   1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin in the year 1945.  

Mar 18   On this day in history maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals  

Mar 18   On this day in history uS Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu  

Mar 18   William Grover-Williams, British racing driver in the year 1945.  

Mar 19   On this day in history 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan  

Mar 19   Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree destruction of German facilities on this day in history.  

Mar 19   In the year 1945 adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities  

Mar 19   In the year 1945 british 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)  

Mar 19   On this day in history fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed  

Mar 19   On this day in history uS Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure  

Mar 20   US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar in the year 1945.  

Mar 21   On this day in history 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa  

Mar 21   Bureau of Aeronautics initiates rocket-powered surface-to-air guided missile development by awarding contract to Fairchild in the year 1945.  

Mar 21   During WWII Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany in the year 1945.  

Mar 21   Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police in the year 1945.  

Mar 21   J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   In the year 1945 the first Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa  

Mar 22   Arab League formed by seven Middle East countries in the year 1945.  

Mar 22   Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt in the year 1945.  

Mar 22   On this day in history j Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

Mar 22   On this day in history uS 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein  

Mar 23   British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine in the year 1945.  

Mar 23   On this day in history carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa, kamikaze attacks follow  

Mar 23   Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on this day in history.  

Mar 24   150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin in the year 1945.  

Mar 24   Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany in the year 1945.  

Mar 24   Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany on this day in history.  

Mar 24   General Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history j S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1945.  

Jan 14   On this day in history sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43