Today in History for Year 1945 (Part 3)

Months in Year 1945: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 201 - 300 of 656

Mar 27th - Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"
Mar 27th - Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
Mar 27th - Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US killed
Mar 27th - US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden
Mar 27th - World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
Mar 28th - Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London
Mar 29th - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
Mar 30th - 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
Mar 30th - USSR invades Austria during WW II
Mar 30th - World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans.
Mar 31st - 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
Mar 31st - Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
Mar 31st - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
Mar 31st - US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
Apr 1st - 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
Apr 1st - Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
Apr 1st - Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
Apr 1st - Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
Apr 1st - US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
Playwright Tennessee Williams Apr 2nd - 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
Apr 2nd - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
Apr 3rd - Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army
Apr 3rd - Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald
Apr 3rd - US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
Apr 4th - Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
Apr 4th - US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
Apr 4th - US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
Apr 5th - Almelo Netherlands freed
Apr 5th - Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
Apr 6th - Coevorden freed from nazis
Apr 6th - Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
Apr 6th - Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
Apr 6th - US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
Apr 7th - 1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
Apr 7th - US B-17's bombs range at Luneburg
Apr 7th - US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk
Apr 8th - Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
Apr 9th - Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk by RAF bombing in Kiel
Apr 9th - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
Apr 9th - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
Apr 9th - World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
Apr 10th - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
Apr 10th - Canadian troops conquer Deventer
Apr 10th - General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
Apr 10th - German troops attack Ijsselbrug
Apr 10th - NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
Apr 10th - US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
Apr 10th - US troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
Apr 10th - William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet premieres in NYC
Apr 11th - Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
Apr 11th - SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
Apr 11th - US captures Tsugen Shima
Apr 11th - US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
Apr 11th - US troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
Apr 12th - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth
33rd US President Harry Truman Apr 12th - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
Apr 12th - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
Apr 12th - US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
Apr 13th - Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis
Apr 13th - Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
Apr 13th - US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
Apr 14th - American planes bombed Tokyo & damaged the Imperial Palace
Apr 14th - Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
Apr 14th - US 7th Army & allies forces captured Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany
Apr 14th - US forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
Apr 14th - US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
Apr 15th - British Army liberates Nazi concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen
Apr 15th - FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
Apr 15th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
Apr 15th - US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
Apr 16th - German troops in Groningen surrender
Apr 16th - Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
Apr 16th - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
Apr 16th - US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
Apr 17th - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
Apr 17th - German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini Apr 17th - Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan
Apr 17th - US troops lands in Mindanao
Apr 18th - 1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
Apr 18th - Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
Apr 18th - Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
Apr 18th - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia are established.
Apr 19th - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2
Apr 19th - Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
Apr 19th - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
Apr 19th - US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
Apr 19th - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
Apr 20th - Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride
Apr 20th - German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer
Apr 20th - Soviet troops enter Berlin
Apr 20th - US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
Apr 20th - US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
Apr 21st - Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
Apr 21st - He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
Apr 21st - Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
Apr 21st - Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
Apr 21st - US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
Apr 22nd - Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
Apr 22nd - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
Apr 23rd - Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 201 - 300 of 795

Apr 4th - Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
Apr 4th - Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
Apr 4th - Walter Charles, East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)
Apr 5th - Tommy Smith, English footballer
Apr 6th - Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist
Apr 6th - Neal Boortz, American talk radio personality
Apr 7th - Martin Lewis, British newsreader
Apr 7th - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
Apr 7th - Joël Robuchon, French chef
Apr 8th - Ian White, MEP
Apr 8th - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
Apr 9th - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer
Apr 10th - Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980)
Apr 12th - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
Apr 12th - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
Apr 13th - Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas)
Apr 13th - Edward J Caruthers Jr, Troy Ala, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
Apr 13th - Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
Apr 13th - Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques)
Apr 13th - Stacy Johnson, US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
Apr 13th - Tony Dow, Hollywood California, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver)
Apr 13th - Tony Dow, American actor
Apr 13th - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
Apr 13th - Charles Robinson, American actor
Apr 14th - Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter)
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Apr 14th) Apr 14th - Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple)
Apr 14th - Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
Apr 14th - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
Apr 15th - Jos F B van Rey, Dutch MP (VVD)
Apr 16th - Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
Apr 16th - Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
Apr 16th - Tom Allen, American politician
Apr 17th - Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch MP (CDA)
Apr 18th - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004)
Apr 19th - Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
Apr 20th - Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
Apr 20th - Michael Brandon, American actor
Apr 21st - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
Apr 22nd - Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
Apr 22nd - Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
Apr 22nd - Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
Apr 22nd - Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
Apr 24th - Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
Apr 24th - Eugene O'Brien, composer
Apr 24th - Robert Knight, rocker
Apr 24th - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
Apr 25th - Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
Apr 25th - Michael Kogel, rocker
Apr 25th - Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
Apr 25th - Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
Apr 26th - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
Apr 26th - V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
Apr 26th - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
Apr 27th - August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987)
Apr 28th - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
Apr 29th - Tammi Terrell, soul singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
Apr 29th - Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
Apr 29th - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)
Apr 29th - [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
Apr 30th - Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
Apr 30th - Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
Apr 30th - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
Apr 30th - Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
Apr 30th - Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
May 2nd - Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model and socialite
May 2nd - Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
May 2nd - Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
May 2nd - Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
May 2nd - Robert Henrit, England, rocker (Argent)
May 2nd - Sarah Weddington, American attorney
May 2nd - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
May 3rd - Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
May 4th - George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
May 4th - Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers)
May 4th - Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
May 5th - Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1)
May 5th - Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
May 5th - Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
May 6th - Bob Seger, Dearborn Mich, folk singer (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down)
May 6th - Richard Eyers, LA California, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West)
May 6th - Victoria Bond, composer
May 7th - Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World)
May 7th - Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP (CDA)
May 7th - Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
May 8th - Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
May 8th - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
May 9th - Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
May 10th - Justice Laws
May 10th - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
May 12th - Jayotis Washington, rocker
May 12th - Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
May 12th - Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
May 12th - Patrick Ricard, French businessman
May 13th - Magic Dick, [Richard Salwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
May 13th - Sam Anderson, American actor
May 14th - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
May 15th - Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
May 15th - Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
May 16th - Brewster H Shaw Jr, Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
May 16th - James Moran, (Rep-D-Virginia)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 201 - 222 of 222

Nov 20th - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
Nov 21st - Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
Nov 28th - Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
Dec 1st - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
Dec 4th - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
Dec 10th - Theodor Dannecker, SS officer (b. 1913)
Dec 11th - Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
Dec 13th - Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
Dec 13th - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
Dec 13th - Elisabeth Volkenrath, supervisor at concentration camps (b. 1919)
Dec 14th - Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67
Dec 14th - Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan & Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
Dec 14th - Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday
Dec 14th - Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," & 10 others, hanged
Dec 16th - Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri
Dec 20th - Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies
Dec 21st - George S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60
Dec 22nd - Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63
Dec 23rd - Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39
US General George S Patton (Dec 21st) Dec 24th - Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67
Dec 28th - Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74
Dec 31st - Donald Douglas II, dies at 40