Today in History for 27th March 1945

Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

- 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44
- British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine
- DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title
- Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
- Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US killed
- US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden
- World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 1 of 1

- Briton Selby, NHLer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

- Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42

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