Page 2: Historical Events In 1945

Jan 12   On this day in history uS Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea   

Jan 13   Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow in the year 1945.   

Jan 13   On this day in history the Soviet 'Red' army occupies the Hungarian city of Budapest   

Jan 14   Death marches to the interior of Germany begin, taking 250,000 Jewish lives on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1945.   

Jan 15   "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs in the year 1945.   

Jan 15   On this day in history every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets   

Jan 15   On this day in history red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp   

Jan 16   In the year 1945 dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19   

Jan 16   In the year 1945 scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg   

Jan 16   On this day in history u.S. first and 3rd army units close the bulge, but do not succeed in entrapping enemy forces.   

Jan 16   In the year 1945 uS first & 3rd army meet at Houffalise   

Jan 17   On this day in history auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation   

Jan 17   Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Liberation of Warsaw from the Nazi by Soviet troops on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary in the year 1945.   

Jan 17   Warsaw is liberated by Polish and Soviet forces during WWII on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1945 approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz.   

Jan 18   On this day in history warsaw freed by Soviet army   

Jan 19   Approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz in the year 1945.   

Jan 19   Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71 in the year 1945.   

Jan 20   On this day in history fDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President   

Jan 20   Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to four terms in office, was inaugurated to his final term. He died three months later and was succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman on this day in history.   

Jan 21   British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma in the year 1945.   

Jan 21   The Brazilian Expeditionary Force leads an allied attack on Monte Castelo in Italy, the only participation of South American troops in World War II in the year 1945.   

Jan 22   On this day in history a Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61   

Jan 22   In the year 1945 burma highway reopens   

Jan 22   HMCS Trentonian (Corvette) torpedoed in the year 1945.   

Jan 23   On this day in history dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation   

Jan 23   In the year 1945 helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37   

Jan 24   On this day in history scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg   

Jan 25   In the year 1945 dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil   

Jan 25   Grand Rapids MI becomes first US city to fluoridate its water on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1945 fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68   

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   On this day in history sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43