Page 10: Historical Events In 1945

Mar 31   Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", premieres in New York NY in the year 1945.   

Mar 31   US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa in the year 1945.   

Apr 01   1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa on this day in history.   

Apr 01   In the year 1945 uS forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II   

Apr 02   1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history hengelo freed from nazi control by Canadian army   

Apr 03   On this day in history joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43   

Apr 03   Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald on this day in history.   

Apr 03   US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1945 hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)   

Apr 04   Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day) on this day in history.   

Apr 04   US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1945 uS tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld   

Apr 05   On this day in history almelo Netherlands freed   

Apr 05   Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1945 benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42   

Apr 06   Coevorden freed from nazis in the year 1945.   

Apr 06   First heavy kamikaze attack on ships at Okinawa on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1945 most of the Jewish prisoners remaining at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany are forced out on death marches.   

Apr 07   1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands in the year 1945.   

Apr 08   US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II in the year 1945.   

Apr 09   In the year 1945 battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier   

Apr 09   Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged on this day in history.   

Apr 09   Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 in the year 1945.   

Apr 10   Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech) in the year 1945.   

Apr 10   On this day in history allies liberate first Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)   

Apr 10   Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 on this day in history.   

Apr 10   On his last visit to Theresienstadt, Adolf Eichmann is heard to say, "I shall gladly jump into the pit, knowing that in the same pit there are 5 million enemies of the state." in the year 1945.   

Apr 11   On this day in history allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum   

Apr 11   On this day in history at the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna   

Apr 11   In the year 1945 kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1945 birth of victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)   

Jan 04   Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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   Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director was born in the year 1945.   

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 in the year 1945.   

Jan 08   On this day in history jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79   

Jan 09   Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890) died in the year 1945.   

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.