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Born :06/29/1945"Little" Eva Boyd, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
Born :12/29/1945Adje Roland, Dutch disc-jockey
Born :06/11/1945Adrienne Barbeau, wife of John Carpenter/actress (Maude, Swamp Thing)
Born :11/12/1945Al Michaels, Bkln, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football)
Born :09/05/1945Al Stewart, Glasgow Scotland, rocker (Year of the Cat)
Born :02/24/1945Alain Prost, formula-1 racer (1985, 86 champ)
Born :04/22/1945Alan Dukes, Irish leader (Fine Gael)
Born :08/07/1945Alan Page, defensive tackle (Minn Vikings)
Born :03/18/1945Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :07/21/1945Alton Maddox, NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case)
Born :01/21/1945Andrew Stein, pres of NYC council (D)
Born :03/06/1945Anna Maria Horsford, NYC, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen)
Born :06/20/1945Anne Murray, Nova Scotia Canada, singer (Snow Bird)
Born :11/15/1945Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad, [Fryeda Anderson] Sweden, rocker (ABBA)
Born :04/30/1945Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
Born :06/04/1945Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
Born :03/07/1945Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator)
Born :04/27/1945August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Puilitzer 1987)
Born :11/27/1945Barbara Anderson, Bkln, actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible)
Born :07/16/1945Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire
Born :09/19/1945BenoŒt Lamy, Belgian director
Born :12/01/1945Bette Midler, Patterson NJ, singer/actress (Do You Want to Dance?)
Born :06/24/1945Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)
Born :05/17/1945Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer
Born :05/02/1945Bianca P‚rez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife
Born :12/18/1945Birenda Bir Bikram, King of Nepal
Born :12/28/1945Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal (1972- )
Born :04/25/1945Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
Born :02/03/1945Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
Born :02/06/1945Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae singer (& Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae)
Born :04/06/1945Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
Born :05/06/1945Bob Seger, singer (Silver Bullet Band)
Born :02/17/1945Brenda Fricker, actress (My Left Foot)
Born :05/16/1945Brewster H Shaw Jr, Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
Born :09/26/1945Brian Ferry, England, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
Born :05/27/1945Bruce Cockburn, Canada singer/songwriter/folk rocker
Born :03/01/1945Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
Born :07/06/1945Burt Ward, LA Calif, actor (Robin-Batman)
Born :04/13/1945Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas)
Born :06/25/1945Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
Born :04/04/1945Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
Born :12/18/1945Carolyn Wood, US, 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960)
Born :10/27/1945Carrie Snodgress, Park Ridge Ill, actress (Diary of Mad Housewife)
Born :06/27/1945Catherine Lacoste, Paris France, golfer (US Women's Open 1967)
Born :04/03/1945Catherine Spaak, France, actress (Hotel, Circle of Love)
Born :09/25/1945Cathy Burns, actress (Last Summer)
Born :02/28/1945Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
Born :03/21/1945Charles E Greene, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1968)
Born :01/21/1945Chris Britton, rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine)
Born :01/11/1945Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
Born :12/17/1945Christopher Cazenove, England, actor (Ben-Dynasty)
Born :10/18/1945Christopher Shays, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
Born :03/28/1945Chuck Potz, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
Born :12/31/1945Claude D Marks, Buenos Aires Argent, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
Born :04/30/1945Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
Born :02/12/1945Cliff DeYoung, LA Calif, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment)
Born :10/04/1945Clifton Davis, Chicago Ill, actor/singer (That's My Mama, Amen)
Born :06/24/1945Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
Born :07/05/1945Curtis Blefary, baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year)
Born :11/11/1945Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua (1984- )
Born :06/04/1945Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach
Born :10/17/1945Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
Born :05/25/1945Dave Lee Travis, DJ
Born :09/24/1945David A[llen] Drake, US, sci-fi author (Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot)
Born :02/04/1945David Brenner, Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host
Born :09/19/1945David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
Born :06/06/1945David Dukes, US, actor
Born :06/06/1945David E Bonior, (Rep-D-MI, 1977- )
Born :06/28/1945David Knights, bassist (Pocol Harum)
Born :06/20/1945David S Monson, (Rep-R-UT, 1985- )
Born :07/30/1945David Sanborn, saxophonist (David Letterman Show)
Born :12/30/1945Davy Jones, Manchester Eng, singer (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
Born :07/09/1945Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild)
Born :07/01/1945Deborah Harry, Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass)
Born :07/11/1945Deborah Harry, singer (Blondie) actress (Videodrome, Hairspray)
Born :11/11/1945Denise Alexander, NYC, actress (General Hospital, Another World)
Born :08/22/1945Derek Fatchett, Labour MP
Born :01/05/1945Dezs” Szab¢, Hungary, writer (Az egesz Latohatar)
Born :07/16/1945Diana Warwick, leader (Assn of University Teachers)
Born :12/22/1945Diane Sawyer, Glasgow Ky, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time)
Born :03/04/1945Dieter Meier, Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello)
Born :07/23/1945Dino Danelli, drummer (Young Rascals)
Born :10/02/1945Don McLean, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent)
Born :06/05/1945Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
Born :04/02/1945Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
Born :04/22/1945Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
Born :11/10/1945Donna Fargo, NC, country singer (Happiest Girl in Whole USA)
Born :01/29/1945Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
Born :07/25/1945Donna Theodore, Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts)
Born :10/01/1945Donny Hathaway, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Where is the Love)
Born :04/24/1945Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
Born :02/15/1945Douglas R Hofstadter, NYC, author (G”del, Escher, Bach)
Born :12/28/1945Dwight Bement, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
Born :06/17/1945Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France)
Born :04/13/1945Edward J Caruthers Jr, Troy Ala, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
Born :12/19/1945Elaine Joyce, Cleveland Ohio, actress (City of Angels, Mr Merlin)
Born :02/25/1945Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer)
Born :11/17/1945Elvin Hayes, NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
Born :12/10/1945Eric Boom, guitarist/producer
Born :03/30/1945Eric Clapton, [Clapp], guitarist/vocalist (Cream, Tears In Heaven)
Born :01/20/1945Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10CC-I'm Not in Love)
Born :12/17/1945Ernie Hudson, actor (Ghostbusters, Weeds)
Born :05/21/1945Ernst Messersclmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
Born :01/10/1945Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
Born :10/02/1945Frank Tejeda, (Rep-D-Texas)
Born :08/04/1945Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :09/19/1945Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, singer (Band of Gold)
Born :06/01/1945Frederica Von Stade, Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberfl”te)
Born :11/15/1945Frida Kyngstad, Swedish singer (Abba)
Born :05/26/1945Garry Peterson, rocker (Guess Who)
Born :12/25/1945Gary Sandy, Dayton Ohio, actor (Andy-WKRP in Cincinatti)
Born :08/15/1945Gene Upshaw, NFL guard (Oakland), NFLPA leader
Born :07/15/1945Gene Upshaw, NFL offensive tackle (Oakland Raider)
Born :07/19/1945George Dzunda, Germany, actor (Deer Hunter)
Born :05/17/1945George Miller, (Rep-D-CA, 1975- )
Born :04/22/1945Giel˜n Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
Born :11/18/1945Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
Born :10/30/1945Glenn Poshard, (Rep-D-Illinois)
Born :11/21/1945Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park Md, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
Born :05/02/1945Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
Born :04/16/1945Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
Born :03/02/1945Gordon Thompson, Ottawa Canada, actor (Adam Carrington-Dynasty)
Born :06/04/1945Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
Born :02/14/1945Gregory Hines, NYC, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps)
Born :06/03/1945Hale Irwin, PGA golfer (US Open 1974, 79)
Born :02/14/1945Hans Adam, prince of Liechtenstein
Born :03/28/1945Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978- )
Born :03/12/1945Hans van Emden, guitarist (Les Baroques)
Born :05/20/1945Harold E Ford, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
Born :08/10/1945Harry Thomas, founder rock song festival/Dutch Homosexuals Party
Born :03/03/1945Hattie Winston, Greenville Miss, actress (Nurse, Electric Company)
Born :04/01/1945Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
Born :10/30/1945Henry Winkler, NYC, actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift)
Born :03/14/1945Herman[us J] van Veen, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
Born :06/22/1945Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
Born :03/06/1945Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
Born :07/03/1945Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :08/19/1945Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor)
Born :04/08/1945Ian White, MEP
Born :08/31/1945Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim
Born :06/04/1945Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
Born :12/05/1945J W "Corkey" Fornof, New Orleans, stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
Born :01/08/1945Jac[obus] P Th˜sse, biologist (Omgang met planten)
Born :08/05/1945Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :01/26/1945Jacqueline Du Pr‚, Oxford England, cellist
Born :01/01/1945Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
Born :03/04/1945Jaime Tirelli, NYC, actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four)
Born :06/20/1945James F Buchli, New Rockford ND, USMC/astr (STS 51C, 61A, 29, 48)
Born :08/22/1945James G Richardson, Gainesville Fla, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra)
Born :05/16/1945James Moran, (Rep-D-Virginia)
Born :12/06/1945James Naughton, Middletown Ct, actor (Trauma Center, Making the Grade)
Born :07/07/1945James Rodford, rocker (Argent-Dance in the Smoke)
Born :09/19/1945Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year 1969)
Born :06/28/1945Jane Harmon, (Rep-D-California)
Born :10/09/1945Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw)
Born :07/05/1945Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning)
Born :08/14/1945Jennifer d'Abo, CEO (Ryman, Moyses Stevens)
Born :03/22/1945Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone)
Born :09/15/1945Jesseye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen)
Born :03/08/1945Jim Chapman, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
Born :07/28/1945Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield)
Born :10/15/1945Jim Palmer, NYC, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
Born :04/20/1945Jimmy Winston, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
Born :02/12/1945Joe Schermie, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
Born :08/02/1945John Bowis, MP
Born :06/05/1945John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute
Born :12/01/1945John Densmore, LA, drummer (Doors-C'mon Light My Fire)
Born :05/28/1945John Fogerty, guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Born :03/07/1945John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
Born :10/19/1945John Lithgow, actor (Harry & Hendersons)
Born :09/12/1945John Mauceri, NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
Born :06/20/1945John McCook, Ventura Cal, actor (Codename: Firefox, Bold & Beautiful)
Born :11/26/1945John McVie, British rock bassist (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
Born :06/27/1945John Veltch, horse trainer
Born :06/05/1945John Wesley Carlos, NYC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
Born :12/22/1945Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
Born :04/15/1945Jos F B van Rey, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
Born :09/10/1945Jos‚ Feliciano, Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
Born :03/02/1945Joy Garrett, actress (Jo-Days of Our Lives)
Born :02/18/1945Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
Born :03/29/1945Julie Goodyear, British actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street)
Born :03/15/1945J”rgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :12/12/1945Karl Edward Wagner, US, sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)
Born :03/10/1945Katherine Houghton, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
Born :10/21/1945Kathy Young, rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky)
Born :10/03/1945Kay Baxter, Woodsfield Ohio, Best Bodybuilder in World (1983-85)
Born :05/08/1945Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
Born :02/13/1945Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
Born :06/17/1945Ken Livingstone, Labour MP
Born :08/06/1945Ken Norton, heavyweight boxer [or 8/9]
Born :08/09/1945Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
Born :12/25/1945Kenny Stabler, NFL QB (Oakland Raiders)
Born :08/07/1945Kerry Chater, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
Born :08/16/1945Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy)
Born :02/10/1945Klas Tuinstra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :12/06/1945Larry Bowa, 2nd baseman (Phillies)
Born :03/20/1945Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
Born :07/20/1945Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- )
Born :08/10/1945Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
Born :12/03/1945Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming)
Born :05/23/1945Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
Born :07/21/1945Leigh Lawson, Atherston England, actress (Fire & Sword, Charlie Boy)
Born :01/25/1945Leigh Taylor-Young, Wash DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
Born :05/14/1945Lek Leckenby, rocker (Herman's Hermits-There's a Kinda Hush)
Born :12/24/1945Lemmy, [Ian Kilminster], rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed)
Born :09/11/1945Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
Born :08/31/1945Leonid I Popov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 35, 40, T-7)
Born :10/22/1945Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
Born :07/09/1945Lewis F Payne Jr, (Rep-D-Virginia)
Born :05/12/1945Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
Born :07/26/1945Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
Born :04/02/1945Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
Born :06/01/1945Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
Born :05/29/1945Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State (Scotland)
Born :05/20/1945Lord Hollick, CEO (MAI)
Born :04/02/1945Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
Born :04/13/1945Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
Born :09/07/1945Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands
Born :01/12/1945Maggie Bell, Glasgow Scotland, rocker
Born :05/13/1945Magic Dick, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
Born :06/04/1945Margaret Impert, Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots)
Born :12/22/1945Marianne van W˜nkoop [Bosscher], actress (Les Mis‚rables)
Born :09/28/1945Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64)
Born :03/15/1945Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System)
Born :03/11/1945Mark Stein, vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On)
Born :05/18/1945Marten van Tra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :05/29/1945Martin Pipe, horse trainer
Born :11/16/1945Martine van Hamel, Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
Born :07/07/1945Matti Salminen, Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)
Born :02/12/1945Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo)
Born :12/28/1945Max Hastings, British editor-in-chief (Daily Telegraph)
Born :10/29/1945Melba Moore, NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)
Born :08/26/1945Melvin Watt, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
Born :05/30/1945Meredith MacRae, Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
Born :02/09/1945Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
Born :11/12/1945Michael Bishop, US, sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces)
Born :07/03/1945Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
Born :04/30/1945Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
Born :07/03/1945Michael Martin, MP
Born :02/18/1945Michael Nader, St Louis Mo, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty)
Born :12/09/1945Michael Nouri, Wash DC, actor (Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues)
Born :01/15/1945Michael, [Marie-Christine von Reibnitz], Bohemia, Princess of Kent
Born :03/08/1945Mickey Dolenz, LA Calif, actor (Circus Boy) singer (Monkees)
Born :07/03/1945Mike Corby, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
Born :09/03/1945Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
Born :03/26/1945Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :11/26/1945Mikhail Woronin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold/4 silver/bronze-1968)
Born :02/28/1945Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina)
Born :09/27/1945Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966)
Born :02/26/1945Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress)
Born :05/04/1945Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed fathers)
Born :10/09/1945Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
Born :10/02/1945Neil Frances Tennant, rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl)
Born :11/12/1945Neil Young, Canada, singer/songwriter (Cosby, Sills & Young)
Born :01/27/1945Nick Mason, rock drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money)
Born :06/15/1945Nicola Pagett, actress (Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade)
Born :05/20/1945Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut
Born :12/25/1945Noel Redding, rocker (The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
Born :08/18/1945Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
Born :06/27/1945Norma Kamali, NYC, dress designer (Costumes for the Wiz)
Born :04/19/1945Nuria Ortiz, Mexico, skeet shooter (Olympic-13th-1968)
Born :02/22/1945Oliver, singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean)
Born :09/25/1945Onnie McIntire, rocker (Average White Band)
Born :03/17/1945Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer
Born :10/26/1945Pat Conroy, American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides)
Born :03/20/1945Pat Riley, NBA star/coach (SD, LA Lakers, NY Knicks)
Born :02/17/1945Patricia Morrow, actress (Rita-Peyton Place)
Born :08/21/1945Patty McCormack, Bkln NY, actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers)
Born :09/23/1945Paul Petersen, Glendale Calif, actor (Jeff Stone-Donna Reed Show)
Born :05/19/1945Peter Townshend, singer (Who-Tommy)
Born :05/24/1945Priscilla Presley, Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
Born :11/30/1945Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco 1st prize-1967)
Born :09/19/1945Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento Calif, actor (Emergency, Loving)
Born :03/05/1945Randy Matson, US, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :05/05/1945Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
Born :03/09/1945Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
Born :04/13/1945Raymond of Geytenbeek, singer/drummer (Lesson Baroques)
Born :09/10/1945Rein van den Broek, trumpeteer (Ekseption)
Born :10/04/1945Richard Bickell, race horse trainer
Born :12/23/1945Richard C Wohlhuter, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1976)
Born :05/06/1945Richard Eyers, LA Calif, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West)
Born :09/10/1945Richard M Mullane, Tx, USAF/astro (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36)
Born :05/24/1945Richard Ottaway, MP
Born :07/28/1945Richard Wright, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
Born :07/06/1945Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place)
Born :04/14/1945Ritchie Blackmore, Engld, guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple)
Born :03/06/1945Rob Reiner, NYC, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
Born :08/16/1945Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States)
Born :11/06/1945Robert J Mrazek, (Rep-D-NY, 1983- )
Born :04/22/1945Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
Born :08/13/1945Robin Jackman, cricket commentator
Born :07/11/1945Robin Muyser, bassist (Lesson Baroques)
Born :05/07/1945Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (One Life to Live, Another World)
Born :03/09/1945Robin Trower, London, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
Born :06/15/1945Rod Argent, England, keyboardist (Zombies-She's Not There)
Born :10/01/1945Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967)
Born :01/19/1945Rod Evans, rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
Born :01/10/1945Rod Stewart, UK, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
Born :11/29/1945Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
Born :11/30/1945Roger Glover, rock musician
Born :11/09/1945Roger Lee Jones, WV, child molester (FBI Most Wanted List)
Born :09/08/1945Rogie Vachon, Qu‚bec, NHL goalie (Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968)
Born :08/22/1945Ron Dante, Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar)
Born :06/10/1945Ron Glass, Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
Born :07/10/1945Ron Glass, actor (Sgt Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place)
Born :08/03/1945Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
Born :12/23/1945Ronald Bushy, rocker (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida)
Born :06/13/1945Ronald J Grabe, NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, STS 30, STS 42)
Born :02/28/1945Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
Born :03/21/1945Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
Born :01/05/1945Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinatti Bengels)
Born :02/25/1945Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies)
Born :08/16/1945Snowy Fleet, rocker (Easybeats)
Born :06/05/1945Spencer Batiste, conservative MP
Born :04/16/1945Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
Born :01/03/1945Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)
Born :05/09/1945Steve Katz, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die, Blues Project)
Born :11/23/1945Steve Landesberg, Bronx NY, comedian/actor (Barney Miller)
Born :08/14/1945Steve Martin, Waco Tx, comedian (The Jerk, Man With 2 Brains)
Born :05/24/1945Steven Norris, British MP
Born :04/25/1945Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
Born :08/16/1945Suzanne Farrell, Cincinatti, dancer (Don Quioxote)
Born :08/15/1945Thomas C Sawyer, (Rep-D-Ohio)
Born :08/26/1945Thomas J Ridge, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1983- )
Born :06/19/1945Tim Hovey, LA Calif, actor (Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid)
Born :03/20/1945Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
Born :03/11/1945Timothy Mason, consultant (British Arts Council)
Born :06/19/1945Tobias Wolff, US writer
Born :09/10/1945Tom Ligon, New Orleans, actor (Joyride)
Born :01/29/1945Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
Born :01/07/1945Tony Conigliaro, Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
Born :04/13/1945Tony Dow, Hollywood Calif, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver)
Born :06/17/1945Tony Roche, tennis coach
Born :08/14/1945Tony Scannell, actor [or 1932]
Born :03/15/1945Tracy Smith, runner
Born :03/11/1945Tricia O'Neal, Louisiana, actress (Piranha Part II)
Born :04/14/1945Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born :11/12/1945Valerie Leon, London England, actress (Blood from Mummy's Tomb)
Born :08/31/1945Van Morrison, [George I], Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night)
Born :04/10/1945Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980)
Born :09/12/1945Vern M Lindblad, Seattle WA, Turkologist
Born :01/03/1945Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
Born :10/03/1945Viktor Saneyev, USSR, triple jumper (Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80)
Born :04/17/1945Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
Born :05/20/1945Wally Herger, (Rep-R-California)
Born :03/29/1945Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
Born :04/25/1945Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleve Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
Born :03/14/1945Walter Parazaider, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
Born :10/28/1945Wayne Fontana, Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love)
Born :02/03/1945Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], singer/actress (Small Truth)
Born :07/31/1945William Floyd Weld, (Gov-R-Mass)
Born :02/14/1945William Hill Boner, (Rep-D-TN, 1979- )
Born :02/17/1945Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :05/07/1945Wim A Mateman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :04/03/1945Wim J Deetman, minister of education/2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :08/29/1945Wyomia Tyus, Griffin Ga, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
Born :01/13/1945[Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author (High Kings)
Born :07/10/1945[Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1977)




Died :03/07/1945Adolf Bartels, German writer, dies
Died :04/30/1945Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
Died :02/24/1945Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament
Died :03/--/1945Anne Frank, (Diary of Anne Frank) is killed in Auschwitz, at 16
Died :09/15/1945Anton von Webern, Austria composer/conductor (Drei Volkstexte), dies
Died :04/06/1945Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies
Died :04/28/1945Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader & mistress captured, tried, & shot
Died :09/26/1945B‚la VJ Bart¢k, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
Died :05/22/1945Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies
Died :04/28/1945Claretta Petacci, wife of Mussolini, executed
Died :06/18/1945Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
Died :03/26/1945David Lloyd George, British politician, dies
Died :01/05/1945Dezs” Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Weggevaagde Village), dies
Died :04/09/1945Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
Died :11/28/1945Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
Died :01/31/1945Eddie Slovik, 1st American executed for desertion since Civil War
Died :04/18/1945Ernest T Pyle, British newscaster, dies at 44
Died :04/30/1945Eva Braun, girlfriend/wife of Hitler, dies
Died :04/12/1945Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
Died :08/26/1945Franz Werfel, Austria/US poet/writer (Spiegelmensch), dies
Died :06/22/1945Gen Oesjijima, Japanese commander of Okinawa, commits harakiri
Died :06/04/1945Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies
Died :02/09/1945George J L Maduro, Antillean poet (Dachau, Madurodam), dies
Died :12/21/1945George S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash
Died :04/17/1945Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
Died :03/31/1945Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies
Died :04/09/1945Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
Died :04/09/1945Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged
Died :05/23/1945Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison
Died :01/23/1945Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), dies
Died :12/14/1945Henry Van Goudoever, lawyer/judge, dies at 69
Died :04/17/1945Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies
Died :06/22/1945Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
Died :03/24/1945J S Nicklin, commandant Canada's 1st parachute battalion, dies
Died :01/08/1945Jacobus P Thijsse, biologist (Contact with Plant), dies
Died :10/12/1945Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida
Died :02/01/1945Johan Huizinga, culture historian (Homo ludens), dies
Died :04/18/1945John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
Died :09/16/1945John Mccormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies
Died :06/21/1945Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Verzinkende Shades), dies at 53
Died :12/14/1945Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," & 10 others, hanged
Died :05/01/1945Joseph Goebbels, nazi-German minister of propaganda, commits suicide
Died :04/03/1945Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna W”rtlich), dies
Died :03/27/1945Jírgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
Died :02/02/1945Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60
Died :03/03/1945Koos Speenhoff, singer (RAF-bombs), dies
Died :05/03/1945Louis L H de Visser, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN), dies at 66
Died :05/15/1945Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
Died :05/02/1945Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
Died :04/02/1945Maurice Rose, US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn
Died :06/22/1945Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
Died :07/20/1945Paul Val‚ry, French poet (Le cimetire Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73
Died :10/15/1945Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62
Died :11/21/1945Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
Died :07/10/1945Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies
Died :08/10/1945Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62
Died :12/13/1945Robert of Genechten, Dutch political leader (NSB), commits suicide
Died :06/18/1945Simon B Buckner, Us lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies
Died :08/16/1945Tak˜iro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies
Died :12/28/1945Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74
Died :03/24/1945Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies
Died :10/24/1945Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian Min of Defense/PM (1942-45), executed
Died :02/12/1945Walraven [Wally] van Hall, banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
Died :04/17/1945Walter Model, German field marshal, commits suicide at 54
Died :04/09/1945Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
Died :02/19/1945Wim Speelman, resistance fighter, executed at 26
Interest:04/09/1945[Luth] Commemoration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, teacher




Special :04/30/1945"Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
Special :12/05/1945"Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
Special :10/05/1945"Meet the Press" premieres on radio
Special :01/30/1945"Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die
Special :01/08/1945"Youth for Christ" organizes
Special :02/09/1945-Feb 10th, Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
Special :04/18/19451 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
Special :03/11/19451,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
Special :09/18/19451000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration
Special :06/30/194517-day newspaper strike in NY begins
Special :04/07/19451st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
Special :03/21/19451st Japanese morning bomber attacks on Okinawa
Special :04/02/19451st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
Special :07/13/19451st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico
Special :07/16/19451st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
Special :10/29/19451st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented
Special :04/01/19451st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
Special :04/29/19451st food drop by RAF (operation Manna)
Special :02/11/19451st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
Special :11/01/19451st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H Johnson
Special :05/17/19452 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu
Special :06/29/194520.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
Special :11/20/194524 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
Special :04/27/19452nd Republic of Austria forms
Special :08/13/194535 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia
Special :03/31/19453rd Algerian division attacks the Rhine
Special :04/25/194545 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
Special :06/04/19456th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
Special :05/22/19456th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
Special :03/19/1945800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
Special :02/19/1945900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
Special :06/15/1945ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam
Special :04/29/1945Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
Special :02/03/1945Air attack on Berlin (3000 ton bombs)
Special :04/24/1945Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
Special :02/08/1945Allies air attack Goch/Kleef/Kalkar
Special :05/03/1945Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
Special :03/05/1945Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands
Special :04/23/1945Allies in Italy reach river Po
Special :01/03/1945Allies land on west coast of Burma
Special :04/10/1945Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
Special :04/13/1945Allies occupy Wien (Vienna)
Special :08/11/1945Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
Special :07/01/1945Allies troop land on Balikpapan
Special :04/05/1945Almelo freed
Special :03/22/1945Arab League forms
Special :04/15/1945Arnhem freed from nazis
Special :04/14/1945Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
Special :05/25/1945Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
Special :03/06/1945Assassination attempt on H”here, SS Police fhrer Rauter
Special :04/13/1945Assen freed from Nazis
Special :08/05/1945Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
Special :06/12/1945Attack on 7th Marine regiment on Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
Special :12/19/1945Austrian Republic re-establishes
Special :03/10/1945B-29 bombs Tokyo into flames
Special :09/16/1945Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
Special :04/09/1945Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
Special :04/09/1945Battleship Admiral Scheer sunk during British air raid
Special :02/05/1945Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
Special :03/19/1945British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
Special :03/23/1945British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
Special :02/21/1945British Army captures Goch
Special :08/29/1945British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
Special :05/03/1945British troop join in Rangoon
Special :01/21/1945British troops land on Ramree, near the coast of Burma
Special :02/22/1945British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
Special :02/19/1945Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated
Special :04/01/1945Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
Special :01/03/1945Cato-Meridian School, NY, installs germicidal lamps in every room
Special :10/14/1945Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
Special :03/01/1945Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
Special :03/06/1945Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
Special :10/11/1945Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung
Special :05/08/1945Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
Special :07/26/1945Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
Special :04/25/1945Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
Special :12/16/1945Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
Special :04/06/1945Coevorden freed from nazis
Special :11/10/1945College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0
Special :03/07/1945Cologne taken by allied armies
Special :04/22/1945Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
Special :04/15/1945Concentration camp Bergen-Belsen freed
Special :12/28/1945Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"
Special :07/29/1945Cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed, US 3rd atom bomb on board?
Special :05/09/1945Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
Special :06/17/1945Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
Special :03/26/1945De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34
Special :07/21/1945Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
Special :10/10/1945Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series
Special :12/04/1945Doc Blanchard becomes 1st junior to win Heisman Trophy
Special :03/21/1945During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
Special :03/07/1945During WW II, US crosses Rhine River
Special :11/26/1945During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington)
Special :06/15/1945Dutch political party ANJV forms
Special :02/24/1945Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
Special :02/02/1945Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp
Special :04/15/1945FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
Special :01/20/1945FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
Special :02/04/1945FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta
Special :03/04/1945Finland declares war on nazi-Germany
Special :02/13/1945Fire-bombing of Dresden begins; c 50,000 die
Special :06/27/1945Foundation 1940-45 established
Special :01/01/1945France joins the UN
Special :12/23/1945Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premiers in London
Special :01/06/1945Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY
Special :01/28/1945Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
Special :03/27/1945Gen Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
Special :11/27/1945Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China
Special :05/06/1945Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherland
Special :08/30/1945Gen MacArthur lands in Japan
Special :05/08/1945Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
Special :02/07/1945General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila
Special :11/10/1945General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania
Special :06/25/1945General Headquarter on Okinawa, falls
Special :11/21/1945General Motors workers go on strike
Special :01/02/1945George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed
Special :01/12/1945German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
Special :05/23/1945German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
Special :04/17/1945German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
Special :09/20/1945German rocket engineers begin work in US
Special :05/04/1945German troops in Netherland, Denmark & Norway surrender
Special :01/04/1945Germans execute resistance strikers in Amsterdam
Special :05/02/1945Germany Army in Italy surrenders
Special :03/10/1945Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
Special :05/07/1945Germany signs unconditional surrender; WW II ends in Europe
Special :01/17/1945Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
Special :08/04/1945Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
Special :01/25/1945Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
Special :11/06/1945HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
Special :09/30/1945Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennent for Tigers
Special :11/27/1945Hannie Buy buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
Special :04/21/1945He Shima in. Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
Special :01/22/1945Heavy US air raid on Okinawa
Special :10/01/1945Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
Special :04/03/1945Hengelo freed from nazi control
Special :08/06/1945Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
Special :09/02/1945Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
Special :08/30/1945Hong Kong liberated from Japan
Special :04/04/1945Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
Special :08/17/1945Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
Special :12/27/1945International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded
Special :04/27/1945Italian partisans take Mussolini prisoner
Special :03/27/1945Iwo Jima captured
Special :10/23/1945Jackie Robinson signs Montr‚al Royal contract
Special :03/10/1945Japan declares Vietnam Independence
Special :09/01/1945Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
Special :04/29/1945Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
Special :09/07/1945Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
Special :08/01/1945Japanese city Tojama destroyed by B-29's
Special :09/03/1945Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
Special :07/26/1945Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
Special :09/09/1945Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
Special :04/06/1945Japanese large battleship Jamamoto heads to Okinawa
Special :03/09/1945Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China
Special :10/25/1945Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek
Special :05/09/1945Jersey liberated from nazis
Special :08/25/1945Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
Special :11/22/1945Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record)
Special :09/09/1945Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th & final HR
Special :12/15/1945John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
Special :10/17/1945Juan Per¢n becomes dictator of Argentina
Special :09/10/1945KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA)
Special :04/07/1945Kamikaze attack on fleet at Okinawa
Special :05/14/1945Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise
Special :03/26/1945Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
Special :01/02/1945Kentucky begins 130 home basektball game win streak, ends in 1955
Special :03/02/1945King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist govt
Special :04/05/1945Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
Special :01/10/1945LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
Special :04/25/1945Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
Special :03/28/1945Last V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London
Special :01/17/1945Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
Special :04/09/1945Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
Special :06/05/1945London: 1st performance opera Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten
Special :09/19/1945Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
Special :02/24/1945Manila freed from Japanese
Special :07/23/1945Marshal Henri P‚tain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial
Special :04/06/1945Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
Special :03/18/1945Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
Special :05/07/1945Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated
Special :05/05/1945Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
Special :11/23/1945Meat & butter rationing ends in US
Special :04/17/1945Mussolini flees from Sal• to Milan
Special :04/09/1945NFL requires players to wear long stockings
Special :04/10/1945NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
Special :03/12/1945NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
Special :05/07/1945Nazi Generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender
Special :11/10/1945Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by US
Special :05/07/1945Nazi generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender
Special :05/05/1945Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
Special :11/17/1945New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
Special :07/06/1945Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter
Special :11/12/1945Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)
Special :04/20/1945Okinawa Schiereiland Motobu conquer
Special :03/27/1945Okla beats NYU for NCAA basketball championship
Special :03/29/1945Oklahoma A & M wins NCAA basketball championship
Special :02/23/1945Operation Grenade: Gen Simpsons 9th Army attacks Ruhr
Special :03/24/1945Operation Varsity: British, US & Canadian aircraft land on the Rhine
Special :06/13/1945Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
Special :10/18/1945Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing & acting achievements
Special :02/14/1945Per£, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN
Special :09/09/1945Phila A's Dick Fowler no-hits St Louis Brown, 1-0
Special :09/01/1945Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
Special :06/28/1945Polish Provisional Govt of National Unity set up by Soviets
Special :12/23/1945Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church
Special :07/17/1945Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting
Special :08/08/1945Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
Special :02/07/1945Pres Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
Special :08/21/1945Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program
Special :07/06/1945Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom
Special :05/07/1945Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
Special :03/13/1945Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherland
Special :03/03/1945RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
Special :03/14/1945RAF bombs railway link at Hannover-Hamm
Special :05/01/1945Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
Special :12/31/1945Ratification of UN Charter completed
Special :12/20/1945Rationg of auto tires ends in US
Special :04/16/1945Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
Special :08/04/1945Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
Special :04/25/1945Red army completely surrounding Berlin
Special :01/15/1945Red army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp
Special :04/30/1945Red army storms German parliament
Special :03/21/1945Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested
Special :11/08/1945Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550
Special :08/20/1945Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament
Special :06/14/1945Rod Argent, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
Special :04/19/1945Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
Special :03/03/1945Roermond/Venlo freed
Special :09/04/1945Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
Special :04/01/1945Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
Special :04/21/1945Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
Special :01/27/1945Russia liberates Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Special :05/02/1945Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
Special :04/30/1945Russian Army frees Ravensbrck concentration camp
Special :08/20/1945Russian troops occupies Harbin & Moekden
Special :06/29/1945Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
Special :02/12/1945SF selected for site of UN Conference
Special :05/07/1945SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
Special :12/04/1945Senate approves US participation in UN
Special :08/15/1945South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
Special :04/20/1945Soviet troops enter Berlin
Special :12/12/1945Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death
Special :09/22/1945Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches
Special :04/07/1945Task Force 58 sinks Jap large battleship Jamamoto (on suicide mission)
Special :03/12/1945The British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
Special :03/10/1945Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
Special :04/14/1945Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace
Special :08/20/1945Tommy Brown, Bkln Dodger becomes youngest HR hitter (17)
Special :01/25/1945Topping, Webb & MacPhail purchase Yanks for $2.8 million
Special :04/22/1945Toronto Maple Leafs beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
Special :04/12/1945Troops free camp Westerbork
Special :10/08/1945Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain & Canada
Special :06/26/1945UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
Special :10/16/1945UN's Food & Agriculture Organization comes into existence
Special :03/03/1945US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
Special :04/25/1945US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
Special :01/16/1945US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
Special :05/29/1945US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
Special :03/25/1945US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen
Special :04/03/1945US 1st army conquers Hofgeismar
Special :03/27/1945US 20th Army corps captures Wiesbaden
Special :03/22/1945US 3rd Army attacks Nierstein on the Rhine
Special :03/25/1945US 4th Pantzer div arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
Special :04/28/1945US 5th army reaches Swiss border
Special :05/17/1945US 77th infantry division conquerors Chocolate Licorice
Special :03/05/1945US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne
Special :03/26/1945US 7th Army strikes Worms on the Rhine
Special :04/20/1945US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
Special :03/07/1945US 9th Pantzer division attacks Remagen on the Rhine
Special :07/28/1945US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
Special :02/01/1945US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie
Special :02/19/1945US Marines land on Iwo Jima
Special :02/23/1945US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue
Special :03/25/1945US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs to Okinawa
Special :07/28/1945US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2
Special :01/12/1945US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
Special :03/19/1945US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
Special :03/18/1945US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
Special :02/25/1945US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
Special :01/03/1945US aircraft carriers go to Okinawa
Special :03/31/1945US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
Special :03/09/1945US bombing kills at least 120,000 in Tokyo
Special :04/11/1945US captures Tsugen Shima
Special :06/21/1945US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
Special :03/16/1945US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima
Special :05/26/1945US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
Special :08/09/1945US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
Special :04/01/1945US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
Special :02/16/1945US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3
Special :10/30/1945US government announces end of shoe rationing
Special :03/01/1945US infantry regiment captures M”nchengladbach
Special :09/08/1945US invades Japanese-held Korea
Special :04/12/1945US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
Special :04/29/1945US liberates Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany
Special :04/14/1945US marines attack Yae Take in Okinawa
Special :05/11/1945US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
Special :04/13/1945US marines conquer Minna Shima at Okinawa
Special :04/06/1945US marines explores Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
Special :04/19/1945US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
Special :05/14/1945US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered
Special :03/24/1945US reaches Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
Special :09/04/1945US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
Special :01/09/1945US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
Special :04/11/1945US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
Special :04/04/1945US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
Special :05/13/1945US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
Special :04/11/1945US troops conquers Mlheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
Special :04/16/1945US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
Special :08/27/1945US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
Special :04/16/1945US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
Special :04/10/1945US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
Special :08/15/1945US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
Special :06/05/1945USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
Special :02/13/1945USSR captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany
Special :08/08/1945USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
Special :08/08/1945USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea
Special :03/12/1945USSR gives Transylvania to Romania
Special :03/30/1945USSR invades Austria during WW II
Special :10/24/1945United Nations Charter becomes effective
Special :12/18/1945Uruguay joins UN
Special :05/08/1945V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
Special :08/14/1945V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II
Special :09/02/1945V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
Special :02/16/1945Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany
Special :09/10/1945Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
Special :05/16/1945Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Halve Moon Okinawa
Special :06/01/1945WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
Special :02/03/1945Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released
Special :01/18/1945Warsaw freed by soviet army
Special :07/06/1945Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
Special :01/25/1945West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
Special :06/18/1945William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
Special :10/21/1945Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time
Special :10/03/1945World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
Special :11/16/1945Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College
Special :11/29/1945Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed
Special :06/01/194544øF lowest temperature for June in NYC
Special :03/17/194575øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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