Page 7: Historical Events In 1945

Mar 07   In the year 1945 yugoslavia government of Tito forms   

Mar 08   "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain on this day in history.   

Mar 08   On this day in history 53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers   

Mar 08   H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Phyllis M Daley is first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign in the year 1945.   

Mar 09   In the year 1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb   

Mar 09   On this day in history japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China   

Mar 10   Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Japan declares Vietnam Independence on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army   

Mar 10   Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history uS troops lands on Mindanao   

Mar 11   On this day in history 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs   

Mar 11   On this day in history flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

Mar 12   30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers in the year 1945.   

Mar 12   On this day in history anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp   

Mar 12   On this day in history italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy   

Mar 12   In the year 1945 new York is the first to prohibit discrimination by race &creed in employment   

Mar 12   The British Empire celebrates its first British Empire Day on this day in history.   

Mar 12   USSR returns Transylvania to Romania in the year 1945.   

Mar 13   In the year 1945 herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78   

Mar 13   Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands in the year 1945.   

Mar 13   Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman in the year 1945.   

Mar 14   During World War II, the 617 Dambuster Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) drops the heaviest bomb of the war on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany. Known as the "Grand Slam," the 22,000-pound bomb, which was designed by Sir Barnes Wallis, is dropped from an Avro Lancaster flown by RAF Squadron Leader C.C. Calder in the year 1945.   

Mar 14   RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm in the year 1945.   

Mar 14   The heaviest bomb of World War II, the 9,988kg "Grand Slam", is dropped by the RAF's Dambuster Squadron on the Bielefeld railway viaduct in Germany in the year 1945.   

Mar 15   17th Academy Awards on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history 17th Academy Awards "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win   

Mar 15   17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win in the year 1945.   

Mar 15   In the year 1945 billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)   

Mar 15   Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 in the year 1945.   

Mar 15   On this day in history record album charts first published in the United States   

Mar 16   In the year 1945 allies secure Iwo Jima   

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

Jan 04   Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1945.   

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   On this day in history birth of roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director   

Jan 01   Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)   

Jan 08   In the year 1945 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   On this day in history rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67   

Jan 14   In the year 1945 sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43