March 1945 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1945 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
• 02 Mar 1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government.
• 03 Mar 1945 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511.
• 04 Mar 1945 Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
• 05 Mar 1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Patch meet in Luneville
• 06 Mar 1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm.
• 07 Mar 1945 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen, Germany, crosses Rhine.
• 08 Mar 1945 Kiss Me Kate opens in Britain
• 09 Mar 1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
• 10 Mar 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence
• 11 Mar 1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen with 4,662 ton bombs.
• 12 Mar 1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by German occupiers.
• 13 Mar 1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to the Netherlands
• 14 Mar 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm.
• 15 Mar 1945 17th Academy Awards - Going my Way, Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win
• 16 Mar 1945 Allies secure Iwo Jima
• 17 Mar 1945 Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra.
• 18 Mar 1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu.
• 19 Mar 1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
• 20 Mar 1945 US 70th Infantry division / 7th Armour division attack Saar
• 21 Mar 1945 During WWII Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
• 22 Mar 1945 US third Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein.
• 23 Mar 1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
• 24 Mar 1945 Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany
• 25 Mar 1945 US first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen.
• 26 Mar 1945 British Premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine
• 27 Mar 1945 DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title.
• 28 Mar 1945 Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London, England.
• 29 Mar 1945 World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
• 30 Mar 1945 USSR invades Austria during WWII
• 31 Mar 1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima; begins firing on Okinawa.

Famous Birthday

• Eric Clapton

  British musician, a strong lead vocalist who has played blues guitar in various bands.

• Elis Regina

  Brazilian singer, one of the most well-known, well-loved and well-paid entertainers in the history of her country.

• Dennis Rader

  American charged with the murder of ten people, including seven women, over the course of 27 years.

• Dirk Benedict

  American actor most noted for his role as "Starbuck" in "Battlestar Galactica," 1978 and in the TV series "The A-Team," along with guest...

• Anselm Kiefer

  German painter and sculptor.

• Micky Dolenz

  American musician (The Monkees).

• Christian Morin

  French tv show host and clarinet player, he hosted programs on TF1 & A2: "La Roue de la fortune," "Succès fous", and "Un pour tous".

• Claude Goasguen
• Franco Battiato

  Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker.

• Bernard Achériaux
• Randy Kraft

  American serial killer who was found guilty 5/12/1989 of 18 counts of murder in the first degree, and suspected of as many as 67 victims.

• Philippe Jaffré

  French senior official and businessman who died on 5 September 2007.

• Rodrigo Duterte
• Pat Riley

  Schenectady, New York -- NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat).

• John Heard (actor)
• George Miller (filmmaker)
• Jean-Jacques Jégou
• Gérard Desarthe
• Curtis Hanson

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• Didier Decoin

  French screenwriter and writer.

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Famous Deaths

• Anne Frank

  German-born diarist (Born 1929).

• J Postuma

  Dutch resistance fighter.

• Rudolph Karel

  Composer, dies at 64.

• H J Jamin

  Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald.

• Herbert Bedford

  Composer, dies at 78.

• John Hessin Clarke

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• Koos Speenhoff

  Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at age 75.

• Arthur Vanderpoorten

  Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at age 61.

• Jan Thijssen

  Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm.

• Adolf Bartels

  German writer/racist, dies at age 82.

• Jan Beekes

  resistance fighter, is executed at age 26.

• Herman B Wiardi Beckman

  Dutch Member of Parliament (SDAP), dies at age 41.

• Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

  French writer/poet, commits suicide at age 52.

• Fritz Fromm

  German supreme commander of Reserve army, is executed.

• J Woortman

  Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at age 39.

• Thomas Rennie

  General-Major (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies.

• Isaack Stouten

  resistance fighter, shot to death at age 29.

• Karl T Sapper

  German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at age 79.

• Maurice Rose

  first US General in Germany, killed in action at age 45.

• Frederick Bligh Bond

  English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher (Born1864).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - More and More
2. Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - Rum and Coca-cola
3. Les Brown & His Orchestra (Vocal Doris Day) - Sentimental Journey
4. Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra - Rum and Coca-Cola
5. Pied Pipers - Dream