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What Happened In May 1945 In History

Historical Events for May, 1945

  • 1st » World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by ord
  • 1st » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels named Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their Goebbels children or children are murdered by Magda by having cyanide pills inserted into the
  • 1st » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans free Trieste.
  • 2nd » World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag (building) named 'Reichstag' building.
  • 2nd » World War II: Italian Campaign (World War II) or Italian Campaign General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
  • 2nd » World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
  • 3rd » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships 'Cap Arcona, Thielbek' and 'Deutschland IV (liner) known as Deutschland' by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
  • 4th » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
  • 4th » World War II: German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, the North German Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein e.g Bernard Montgomery.
  • 4th » World War II: Denmark is granted liberation, when Germany was forced to step out of Denmark thus ending 5 years of occupation.
  • 5th » World War II: Canadian and British troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazism named German occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
  • 5th » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation of Czechoslovakia named German occupation.
  • 6th » World War II: Mildred Gillars e.g Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allies of World War II or Allied troops.
  • 6th » World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front (World War II) e.g Eastern Front, begins.
  • 8th » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
  • 8th » World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Reims, France, to an German Instrument of Surrender, 1945 or unconditional surrender.
  • 8th » Halifax Riot or The Halifax Riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through City of Halifax known as Halifax.
  • 8th » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
  • 8th » Dissolution and German Instrument of Surrender named surrender of Nazi Germany and all its forces.
  • 9th » World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
  • 11th » World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill CV-17 6 is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
  • 12th » Argentina Argentinian Labour movement labour leader José Peter declares the 'Meat Industry Workers Federation Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne' dissolved.
  • 15th » World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
  • 22nd » Operation Paperclip United States Army Major Robert B. Staver recommends that the U.S. evacuate German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.
  • 23rd » World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allies of World War II named Allied custody.
  • 23rd » World War II: The Flensburg Government under President of Germany (1919–1945) known as Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by United Kingdom called British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.
  • 29th » First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1945

  • 1st » Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Gene Deckerhoff, American sportscaster
  • 2nd » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
  • 2nd » Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-English model, actress, and activist
  • 2nd » Goldy McJohn, Canadian keyboard player (Steppenwolf (band) or Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, and The Sparrows (band) or The Sparrows)
  • 3rd » Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper
  • 3rd » Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 4th » Jan Mulder (footballer) named Jan Mulder, Dutch footballer and journalist
  • 4th » N. Ram, Indian journalist
  • 5th » Kurt Loder, American journalist
  • 5th » Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, Swedish criminal
  • 5th » Dianne Willcocks, English academic
  • 6th » Richard Eyer, American actor and educator
  • 6th » Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Flatlanders)
  • 6th » Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 7th » Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Planxty and Moving Hearts)
  • 7th » Robin Strasser, American actress
  • 8th » Mike German, Baron German, Welsh politician, Deputy First Minister for Wales
  • 8th » Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
  • 9th » Peter J. Hammond (economist) known as Peter Hammond, British economist
  • 9th » Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
  • 9th » Steve Katz (musician) known as Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blues Project, and American Flyer (band) named American Flyer)
  • 9th » Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth, English lawyer and judge
  • 10th » John Laws (judge) e.g John Laws, English lawyer and judge
  • 11th » Floyd Adams, Jr., American publisher and politician, 63rd Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (d. 2014)
  • 12th » Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
  • 12th » Nicky Henson, English actor
  • 12th » Ian McLagan, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Small Faces Faces (band) e.g Faces, and The New Barbarians (band) called The New Barbarians)
  • 12th » Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)
  • 13th » Sam Anderson, American actor
  • 13th » Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 13th » Magic Dick, American harmonica player (The J. Geils Band)
  • 13th » Lou Marini, American saxophonist and composer (The Blues Brothers)
  • 14th » Francesca Annis, English actress
  • 14th » George Nicholls (rugby league) named George Nicholls, English rugby player
  • 14th » Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
  • 15th » Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
  • 15th » Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
  • 16th » Nicky Chinn, English songwriter and producer
  • 16th » Massimo Moratti, Italian businessman
  • 16th » Marta Beatriz Roque, Cuban economist
  • 17th » B. S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
  • 17th » Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
  • 19th » Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Who, Deep End (band) called Deep End, and Thunderclap Newman)
  • 20th » Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick, English businessman
  • 20th » Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer
  • 21st » Ernst Messerschmid, German physicist and astronaut
  • 23rd » Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
  • 23rd » Lauren Chapin, American actress
  • 24th » Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
  • 24th » Steven Norris, English politician
  • 24th » Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician
  • 24th » Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
  • 26th » Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
  • 26th » Alistair MacDuff, English judge
  • 26th » Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer (The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
  • 27th » Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Esquires (Canadian band) or The Esquires and The Flying Circus (Canada) called The Flying Circus)
  • 28th » Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
  • 28th » John N. Bambacus, American politician
  • 28th » John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Golliwogs)
  • 28th » Jean Perrault, Canadian politician, List of mayors of Sherbrooke known as Mayor of Sherbrooke
  • 28th » Helena Shovelton, English physician
  • 29th » Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Procol Harum and The Paramounts)
  • 29th » Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 2013)
  • 29th » Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 29th » Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
  • 29th » Martin Pipe, English horse trainer
  • 29th » Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
  • 29th » Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author
  • 30th » Norman Eshley, English actor
  • 30th » Richard Hannon, Sr., English horse trainer
  • 31st » Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
  • 31st » Bernard Goldberg, American journalist

Famous Deaths for May 1945

  • 1st » Joseph Goebbels, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
  • 1st » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
  • 2nd » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
  • 2nd » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
  • 2nd » Ludwig Stumpfegger, German physician (b. 1910)
  • 4th » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
  • 8th » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
  • 8th » Bernhard Rust, German politician (b. 1883)
  • 8th » Josef Terboven, German politician (b. 1898)
  • 10th » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
  • 10th » Konrad Henlein, Czech politician (b. 1898)
  • 13th » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
  • 14th » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
  • 15th » Charles Williams (British writer) named Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
  • 19th » Philipp Bouhler, German politician (b. 1889)
  • 23rd » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (b. 1900)
  • 24th » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892)
  • 27th » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
  • 31st » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)

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