Page 9: Historical Events In 1945

Mar 26   David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82.   

Mar 26   Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine   

Mar 26   Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima   

Mar 26   Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto   

Mar 26   US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms   

Mar 26   Venray soccer team forms.   

Mar 27   7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Okla State beats NYU 49-44   

Mar 27   British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine   

Mar 27   Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon".   

Mar 27   General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken.   

Mar 27   Iwo Jima occupied, after 22000 Japanese and 6000 US killed   

Mar 27   Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42   

Mar 27   US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden.   

Mar 28   Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London.   

Mar 28   Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London   

Mar 28   The last V2 German rocket of World War II falls on London   

Mar 29   Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79   

Mar 29   World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England   

Mar 30   289 anti-fascists murdered by Nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund   

Mar 30   Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71   

Mar 30   USSR invades Austria during WWII   

Mar 31   3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine.   

Mar 31   Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63   

Mar 31   Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen   

Mar 31   Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", premieres in New York NY   

Mar 31   US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa   

Apr 01   1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes   

Apr 01   Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa.   

Apr 01   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II   

Apr 02   1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa.   

Apr 03   Hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army.   

Apr 03   Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43   

Apr 03   Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald   

Apr 03   US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar   

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Jan 03   Stephen stills: Dallas tx, songwriter/guitarist (cosby stills & nash)   

Jan 03   Victoria principal: Fukuoka japan, actress (earthquake, pamela-dallas)   

Jan 04   Jay dee maness: Loma linda ca, singer (desert rose band-love reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-matti loiri: Finnish entertainer   

Jan 04   Richard r. schrock: American chemist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Sam wyche: Nfl coach (cincinnati bengals)   

Jan 05   Chuck mckinley: U.s. tennis player   

Jan 05   Roger spottiswoode: Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit nejedly: Composer,    

Jan 02   Betram home ramsay: Engl adm/cmdr naval forces (normandy),   

Jan 03   Fyodor akimenko: Composer,   

Jan 06   Vladimir vernadsky: Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   Jac[obus] p thijsse: Dutch biologist (omgang met planten),    

Jan 09   Jüri uluots: Estonian prime minister (b. 1890)   

Jan 10   Rudolf borchardt: Writer,   

Jan 14   Sandor vandor: Composer,