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What Happened In March 1945 In History

Historical Events for March, 1945

  • 3rd » World War II: American and Filipino troops Battle of Manila (1945) e.g recapture Manila in the Philippines.
  • 3rd » World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit Pawłokoma massacre known as massacres at least 150 Ukraine e.g Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
  • 3rd » World War II: The Royal Air Force known as RAF Bombing of the Bezuidenhout called accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
  • 4th » Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • 6th » World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops.
  • 7th » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen.
  • 9th » The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces begin, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
  • 10th » The United States Army Air Forces known as U.S. Army Air Force Bombing of Tokyo in World War II named firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
  • 11th » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the United States Pacific Fleet or U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • 11th » World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
  • 15th » World War II: Soviet forces begin an Upper Silesian Offensive named offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
  • 16th » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
  • 16th » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by United Kingdom or British bombers. 5,000 are killed.
  • 17th » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
  • 18th » World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
  • 19th » World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin CV-13 6, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
  • 19th » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Nazi Germany e.g Germany to be destroyed.
  • 21st » World War II: United Kingdom or British troops liberate Mandalay, Myanmar named Burma.
  • 21st » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed.
  • 21st » World War II: Kingdom of Bulgaria known as Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
  • 22nd » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 26th » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
  • 29th » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
  • 29th » World War II: The German 4th Army (Wehrmacht) known as 4th Army is Heiligenbeil Pocket called almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
  • 30th » World War II: Soviet Union Soviet Red Army forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Armia Ludowa Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk Danzig.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1945

  • 1st » Dirk Benedict, American actor
  • 2nd » Derek Watkins (trumpeter) known as Derek Watkins, English trumpet player (d. 2013)
  • 3rd » George Miller (filmmaker) or George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 3rd » Hattie Winston, American actress
  • 4th » Tony Allen (comedian) e.g Tony Allen, English comedian and author
  • 4th » Femi Benussi, Italian actress
  • 4th » Tara Browne, English son of Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne (d. 1966)
  • 4th » Greg Craig, American lawyer, 33rd White House Counsel
  • 4th » Dieter Meier, Swiss singer (Yello)
  • 4th » Frank Novak, American actor
  • 4th » Tommy Svensson, Swedish footballer and manager
  • 4th » Tim Weigel, American sportscaster (d. 2001)
  • 4th » Gary Williams, American basketball player and coach
  • 6th » John A. MacNaughton, Canadian banker (d. 2013)
  • 7th » John Heard (actor) or John Heard, American actor
  • 7th » Bob Herbert, American journalist
  • 7th » Nicholas Kraemer, English harpsichord player and conductor
  • 7th » Arthur Lee (musician) e.g Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love (band) e.g Love) (d. 2006)
  • 7th » Elizabeth Moon, American author
  • 8th » Bruce Broughton, American composer
  • 8th » Jim Chapman (congressman) named Jim Chapman, American politician
  • 8th » Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees)
  • 8th » Anselm Kiefer, German painter
  • 9th » Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter (Hawkwind) (d. 1988)
  • 9th » Dennis Rader, American serial killer
  • 9th » Robin Trower, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Procol Harum and The Paramounts)
  • 10th » Katharine Houghton, American actress
  • 10th » Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
  • 10th » Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician (d. 2001)
  • 11th » Dock Ellis, American baseball player (d. 2008)
  • 11th » Harvey Mandel, American guitarist (Pure Food and Drug Act (band) known as Pure Food and Drug Act and Canned Heat)
  • 12th » Sammy Gravano, American mobster
  • 12th » George Jackson (songwriter) e.g George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 13th » Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician
  • 14th » Jasper Carrott, English comedian and actor
  • 14th » Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 14th » Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist (Chicago (band) named Chicago)
  • 14th » Herman van Veen, Dutch singer-songwriter and actor
  • 14th » Nicholas Wall (judge) named Nicholas Wall, English judge
  • 15th » Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, English judge
  • 15th » A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
  • 15th » Mark J. Green, American lawyer and politician
  • 17th » Michael Hayden (general) named Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • 17th » Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
  • 17th » Dennis Joseph Sullivan, American bishop
  • 18th » Joy Fielding, Canadian actress and author
  • 18th » Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
  • 18th » Michael Reagan, American radio host
  • 18th » Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (d. 2009)
  • 19th » John Holder (cricketer) named John Holder, English cricketer
  • 19th » Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
  • 19th » Modestas Paulauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 19th » Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield, English academic and politician
  • 20th » Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot
  • 20th » Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
  • 20th » Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
  • 20th » Tim Yeo, English politician
  • 21st » Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer
  • 21st » Rose Stone, American singer and keyboard player (Sly and the Family Stone)
  • 22nd » Alan Opie, English opera singer
  • 22nd » Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
  • 22nd » Peter Williams (physicist) called Peter Williams, British physicist
  • 23rd » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
  • 23rd » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer (Even Dozen Jug Band, Old and in the Way, and David Grisman Quintet)
  • 24th » Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist
  • 24th » Curtis Hanson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Patrick Malahide, English actor
  • 26th » Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (d. 2004)
  • 27th » Rolf M. Aagaard, Norwegian photographer
  • 27th » Anna Mae Aquash, Canadian-American tribal leader (d. 1975)
  • 27th » Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (d. 2004)
  • 27th » Harry Rowohlt, German author and translator
  • 27th » Brit Selby, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 27th » Władysław Stachurski, Polish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
  • 28th » Dan Alon, Israeli fencer
  • 28th » Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
  • 29th » Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 29th » Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Thunderclap Newman) (d. 2002)
  • 29th » Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (d. 1986)
  • 30th » Eric Clapton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Yardbirds, Cream (band) called Cream, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith, and Free Creek (band) e.g Free Creek)
  • 30th » Ron Garvin, Canadian-American wrestler
  • 30th » S.D. Jones, Antiguan wrestler (d. 2008)
  • 30th » Johnnie Walker (DJ) named Johnnie Walker, English radio host
  • 31st » Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist
  • 31st » Valerie Curtin, American actress and screenwriter
  • 31st » Gabe Kaplan, American actor
  • 31st » Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (d. 1995)

Famous Deaths for March 1945

  • 2nd » Emily Carr, Canadian painter (b. 1871)
  • 4th » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
  • 4th » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
  • 5th » Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
  • 5th » János Garay, Jewish Hungarian 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist in fencing, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (b. 1889)
  • 8th » Frederick Bligh Bond, English architect and archaeologist (b. 1864)
  • 9th » Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1926)
  • 12th » Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1861)
  • 16th » Simeon Price, American golfer (b. 1882)
  • 16th » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
  • 21st » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
  • 22nd » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
  • 26th » David Lloyd George, Welsh politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
  • 30th » Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
  • 31st » Frank Findlay, New Zealand politician (b. 1884)
  • 31st » Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

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