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What Happened In February 1945 In History

Historical Events for February, 1945

  • 3rd » World War II: As part of Bombing of Berlin in World War II March 1944 to April 1945 Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17 Flying Fortress B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 to 3,000 and dehousing dehouses another 120,0
  • 3rd » World War II: The United States and the Commonwealth of the Philippines Philippine Commonwealth begin Battle of Manila (1945) a month-long battle to retake Manila from Empire of Japan Japan.
  • 4th » World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
  • 4th » World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Winston Churchill Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea Soviet Union: 1922.E2.80.931991 Crimea.
  • 4th » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • 5th » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
  • 8th » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.
  • 9th » World War II: Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) The Battle of the Atlantic HMS Venturer P68 6 sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
  • 9th » World War II: A force of Allies of World War II Allied aircraft Black Friday (1945) unsuccessfully attacked a Nazi Germany German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
  • 13th » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany named German and Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946) or Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
  • 13th » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a Bombing of Dresden in World War II called massive aerial bombardment.
  • 14th » World War II: On the first day of the Bombing of Dresden in World War II named bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.
  • 14th » World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslavs named Yugoslav Partisans (Yugoslavia) known as partisans.
  • 14th » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy CA-71 6, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
  • 15th » World War II: Third day of Bombing of Dresden in World War II known as bombing in Dresden.
  • 16th » World War II: American forces Battle of Corregidor (1945) or land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
  • 19th » World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
  • 21st » World War II: Japanese Kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 6 and damage the USS Saratoga CV-3 6.
  • 23rd » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima known as photographed raising the American flag.
  • 23rd » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino people called Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños, Laguna or Los Baños internment camp.
  • 23rd » World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
  • 23rd » World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet Union known as Soviet and Polish forces.
  • 23rd » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II named annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
  • 24th » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament of Egypt called Parliament after reading a decree.
  • 25th » World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1945

  • 1st » Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 2nd » John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
  • 3rd » Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)
  • 3rd » Bob Griese, American football player
  • 4th » Ron Cerrudo, American golfer
  • 5th » Douglas Hogg, English politician
  • 6th » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (d. 1981)
  • 6th » George Mudie, Scottish politician
  • 7th » Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
  • 7th » Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
  • 9th » Mia Farrow, American actress and singer
  • 9th » Gérard Lenorman, French singer
  • 11th » Burhan Ghalioun, Syrian politician
  • 12th » Maud Adams, Swedish actress
  • 12th » Cliff DeYoung, American actor and singer (Clear Light)
  • 12th » David D. Friedman, American economist
  • 12th » David Small, American author and illustrator
  • 13th » King Floyd, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 13th » Keith Nichols, English pianist, trombonist, and accordion player
  • 13th » Simon Schama, English historian and author
  • 13th » William Sleator, American author
  • 13th » David Tremlett, English sculptor and photographer
  • 14th » Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
  • 14th » Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2013)
  • 14th » Martin Sorrell, English businessman
  • 15th » Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
  • 15th » John Helliwell, English saxophonist and keyboard player (Supertramp and The Alan Bown Set)
  • 15th » Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and author
  • 16th » Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
  • 17th » Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012)
  • 17th » Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
  • 17th » Linda Kitson, English illustrator
  • 18th » Judy Rankin, American golfer
  • 19th » Yuri Antonov (musician) known as Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
  • 19th » Michael Nader, American actor
  • 19th » Jürgen Rumor, German footballer
  • 19th » Zlatko Sirotić, Croatian painter
  • 20th » Andrew Bergman, American director and screenwriter
  • 20th » Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lindisfarne (band) known as Lindisfarne) (d. 1995)
  • 20th » Brion James, American actor (d. 1999)
  • 20th » Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
  • 20th » Henry Polic II, American actor (d. 2013)
  • 21st » Walter Momper, German politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
  • 21st » Paul Newton (musician) called Paul Newton, English bass player (Uriah Heep (band) known as Uriah Heep)
  • 21st » Denise Platt, English civil servant
  • 22nd » Oliver (singer) named Oliver, American singer (d. 2000)
  • 22nd » Leslie Charleson, American actress
  • 22nd » Mall Vaasma, Estonian mycologist (d. 2009)
  • 23rd » Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
  • 24th » Steve Berrios, American drummer (d. 2013)
  • 24th » Barry Bostwick, American actor
  • 25th » Elkie Brooks, English singer-songwriter (Vinegar Joe (band) e.g Vinegar Joe)
  • 25th » Herbert Léonard, French singer
  • 26th » Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (d. 2006)
  • 26th » Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball player, coach, and politician
  • 26th » Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress
  • 26th » Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Detroit Wheels)
  • 27th » Carl Anderson (singer) named Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
  • 27th » Arnold Kanter, American academic and politician, United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
  • 28th » Mimsy Farmer, American actress
  • 28th » Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for February 1945

  • 1st » Prince Kiril of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
  • 2nd » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
  • 2nd » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
  • 2nd » Johannes Popitz, Prussian politician (b. 1884)
  • 8th » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (b. 1866)
  • 10th » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino jurist (b. 1878)
  • 11th » Al Dubin, Swiss-American songwriter (b. 1891)
  • 12th » Walraven van Hall, Dutch banker (b. 1906)
  • 12th » Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (b. 1880)
  • 15th » Helmut Möckel (politician) known as Helmut Möckel, German politician (b. 1909)
  • 18th » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
  • 19th » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
  • 19th » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer (b. 1876)
  • 21st » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (b. 1902)
  • 22nd » Osip Brik, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
  • 25th » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)

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