Page 12: Historical Events In 1945

Apr 24   Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47   

Apr 25   On this day in history 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF   

Apr 25   On this day in history last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany   

Apr 25   On this day in history rCAF's No. 6 Group makes its last bombing raid over Germany.   

Apr 25   In the year 1945 u.S. and Red Army units meet near the Elbe River at Torgan, 75 miles south of Berlin.   

Apr 25   United Nations founded at San Francisco on this day in history.   

Apr 25   In the year 1945 uS & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River   

Apr 26   In the year 1945 marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason   

Apr 27   In the year 1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

Apr 28   Bernito Mussolini Fascist leader & mistress captured, tried, & shot in the year 1945.   

Apr 28   Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot in the year 1945.   

Apr 28   British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg in the year 1945.   

Apr 28   On this day in history italian dictator Benito Mussolini shot by Italian partisans   

Apr 28   The birth of Bernito Mussolini, Italian fascist leader on this day in history.   

Apr 29   1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) in the year 1945.   

Apr 29   Canadians start air dropping food supplies to the starving Dutch on this day in history.   

Apr 29   The German armed foces in Italy surrender to the allies in the year 1945.   

Apr 29   The German commanding officer in Italy surrenders to General Alexander of the U.S. 5th Army unit in the year 1945.   

Apr 29   In the year 1945 uS liberates Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany   

Apr 30   "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich in the year 1945.   

Apr 30   Munich is captured by Patch's 7th Army unit on this day in history.   

May 01   900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren commit suicide in the year 1945.   

May 01   On this day in history admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government   

May 01   Australia's 26th Brigade troops invade Tarakan on Borneo's east coast in the year 1945.   

May 01   In the year 1945 australian &Dutch troops lands on Tarakan   

May 01   Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59 in the year 1945.   

May 01   General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms in the year 1945.   

May 01   In the year 1945 radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WWII   

May 01   On this day in history seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg   

May 01   In the year 1945 soviet army reach Rostock   

May 02   Allies occupy Wismar in the year 1945.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)   

Jan 05   In the year 1945 birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   In the year 1945 vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

Jan 02   On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61   

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1945.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1945.