Today in History for April 1945

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 116

1st - 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
1st - Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
1st - Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
1st - Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
1st - US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
2nd - 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
2nd - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
3rd - Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army
3rd - Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald
3rd - US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
4th - Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
4th - US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
4th - US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
5th - Almelo Netherlands freed
5th - Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
6th - Coevorden freed from nazis
6th - Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
6th - Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
6th - US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
7th - 1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
7th - US B-17's bombs range at Luneburg
7th - US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk
8th - Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
9th - Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk by RAF bombing in Kiel
9th - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
9th - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
9th - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
10th - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
10th - Canadian troops conquer Deventer
10th - General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
10th - German troops attack Ijsselbrug
10th - NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
10th - US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
10th - US troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
10th - William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet premieres in NYC
11th - Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
11th - SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
11th - US captures Tsugen Shima
11th - US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
11th - US troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
12th - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth
33rd US President Harry Truman 12th - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
12th - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
12th - US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
13th - Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis
13th - Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
13th - US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
14th - American planes bombed Tokyo & damaged the Imperial Palace
14th - Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
14th - US 7th Army & allies forces captured Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany
14th - US forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
14th - US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
15th - British Army liberates Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen
15th - FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
15th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
15th - US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
16th - German troops in Groningen surrender
16th - Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
16th - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
16th - US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
17th - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
17th - German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini 17th - Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan
17th - US troops lands in Mindanao
18th - 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
18th - Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
18th - Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
18th - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia are established.
19th - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
19th - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
19th - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
19th - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
19th - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
20th - Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride
20th - German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer
20th - Soviet troops enter Berlin
20th - US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
20th - US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
21st - Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
21st - He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
21st - Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
21st - Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
21st - US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
22nd - Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
22nd - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
23rd - Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated
23rd - US troops in Italy cross river Po
24th - Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
24th - Delegates of 46 countries gather in SF (to discuss UN)
25th - 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
25th - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
25th - British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
25th - Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
25th - Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
25th - Red army completely surrounds Berlin
25th - US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
26th - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
26th - World War II: Battle of Bautzen - last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
27th - 2nd Republic of Austria forms
27th - Italian partisans capture Benito Mussolini prisoner

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 72 of 72

1st - Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
2nd - Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
2nd - Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
2nd - Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
2nd - Anne Waldman, American poet
3rd - Catherine Spaak, France, actress (Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love)
3rd - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band-Up on Cripple Creek)
3rd - Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education/MP (CDA)
4th - Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
4th - Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
4th - Walter Charles, East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)
5th - Tommy Smith, English footballer
6th - Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist
6th - Neal Boortz, American talk radio personality
7th - Martin Lewis, British newsreader
7th - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
7th - Joël Robuchon, French chef
8th - Ian White, MEP
8th - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
9th - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer
10th - Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980)
12th - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
12th - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
13th - Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas)
13th - Edward J Caruthers Jr, Troy Ala, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
13th - Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
13th - Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques)
13th - Stacy Johnson, US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
13th - Tony Dow, Hollywood California, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver)
13th - Tony Dow, American actor
13th - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
13th - Charles Robinson, American actor
14th - Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter)
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (14th) 14th - Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple)
14th - Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
14th - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
15th - Jos F B van Rey, Dutch MP (VVD)
16th - Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
16th - Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
16th - Tom Allen, American politician
17th - Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch MP (CDA)
18th - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004)
19th - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
20th - Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
20th - Michael Brandon, American actor
21st - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
22nd - Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
22nd - Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
22nd - Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
22nd - Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
24th - Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
24th - Eugene O'Brien, composer
24th - Robert Knight, rocker
24th - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
25th - Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
25th - Michael Kogel, rocker
25th - Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
25th - Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
26th - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
26th - V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
26th - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
27th - August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987)
28th - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
29th - Tammi Terrell, soul singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
29th - Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
29th - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)
29th - [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
30th - Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
30th - Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
30th - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
30th - Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
30th - Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

29th - Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 34 of 34

3rd - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43
5th - Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41
6th - Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
9th - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
9th - Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
9th - Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged
9th - Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
9th - Georg Elser, failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)
10th - Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
10th - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
11th - Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
12th - Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
13th - Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. 1874)
17th - Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
17th - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies
17th - Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
18th - Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
18th - John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
18th - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)
32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt (12th) 19th - J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
21st - John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
22nd - Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
23rd - Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
24th - Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
24th - Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61
26th - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)
26th - Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor (b. 1909)
28th - Benito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), shot after trial at 61
28th - Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed
28th - Hans Bloesch, writer, dies
28th - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
29th - Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
30th - Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
30th - Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33