Page 3: Historical Events In 1945

Jan 25   West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma in the year 1945.   

Jan 26   On this day in history soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp   

Jan 26   Soviet troops arrive at Auschwitz to discover 7,600 survivors and 648 corpses. Most of the prisoners in Auschwitz had been sent out on a death march on Jan 18 in the year 1945.   

Jan 27   In the year 1945 nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)   

Jan 27   In the year 1945 russia liberates Auschwitz &Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)   

Jan 27   In the year 1945 russian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camps Birkenau and Auschwitz.   

Jan 27   In the year 1945 wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested   

Jan 28   In the year 1945 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java   

Jan 28   General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 in the year 1945.   

Jan 28   Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 30   "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die on this day in history.   

Jan 30   German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Eddie Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1945 eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War   

Jan 31   US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72   

Feb 01   US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie in the year 1945.   

Feb 02   In the year 1945 escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp   

Feb 02   Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 03   On this day in history walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released   

Feb 04   On this day in history fDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta   

Feb 04   FDR, Churchill &Stalin meet at Yalta on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss plans for the defeat of the Axis powers and to decide on the post-war future   

Feb 05   In the year 1945 big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds)   

Feb 05   Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1945 british premier Churchill arrives in Yalta   

Feb 05   In the year 1945 uS troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla   

Feb 06   8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz in the year 1945.   

Feb 06   In the year 1945 jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed   

Feb 06   Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder in the year 1945.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) was born in the year 1945.   

Jan 04   In the year 1945 birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)   

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   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 in the year 1945.   

Jan 05   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 in the year 1945.   

Jan 03   Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1945 death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 in the year 1945.   

Jan 09   In the year 1945 death of jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.