On this day

February 17, 1945

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Notable Births

1945Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2012)^[†]

Zina Bianca Bethune was an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. She was the daughter of actress Ivy Bethune.

1945Brenda Fricker, Irish actress^[†]

Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). She also appeared in films such as The Field (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011).

Filter by:

Headlines from February 17, 1945

TOMMIES SMASH ON; Great Battle Rages East of Cleve as Germans Throw In More Men FLIERS BATTER FOE Third Army Units Seize Heights Above Enz and Pruem Rivers

By Unknown Author

US planes hit jet aircraft plant, Solingen

None0 words

Japanese Fleet Remnants Located; Daily Air Attacks on Homeland Due; FLEET'S LOCATION KNOWN TO OUR NAVY

By Sidney Shalett Special To the New York Times

US AAF spokesman sees daily attacks on Japan by US Army planes if Iwo is taken

None0 words

ARMY BEGINS DRAFT OF MEN UNDER 38 LEAVING VITAL JOBS; After Four Weeks of Training, Inductee May Volunteer to Return to War Work PLANT ASSIGNMENT IS SET Men With Skills Who Refuse Employment Will Be Sent to Factories at Service Pay

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

testifies on civilian workers occupational deferments

None0 words

Radio Head Yields to Petrillo As Having Supremacy in Power; YIELDS TO PETRILLO AS SUPREME IN U.S.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Yields to AFM contract demands; statement

None0 words

House Passes George Bill; Wallace Confirming Looms; GEORGE BILL VOTED; HOUSE TEST CLOSE

By John H. Crider Special To the New York Times

House passes George bill exactly as it came from Sen after defeating motion to recommit bill by narrow margin; chair rulings deny chance to vote on any of Wolcott amendments; Sens comment on House action

None0 words

Koneff Men Race Along Oder In Drive on Berlin Bastions; Russians Confirm Encirclement of Breslau --Last of Budapest Remnants Herded In --Sweep Up 'Polish Corridor' Gains

By Unknown Author

USSR High Command confirms Breslau encirclement repts; reveals Koneff forces capture of Klettendorf, 1 mi from city outskirts; Kattern captured, other units take Hundsfeld; Berlin claims spearheads at Forst annihilated; northern flank drives up to Bober River Naumburg-Crossen, takes many places, including Rusdorf and Deutsch-Sagar; 5 USSR bridgeheads along Oder reptd under artillery fire and 2 reptd split south of Frankfort; Berlin repts st fighting, Sagan; map

None0 words

CORREGIDOR'S GUNS DEFIED IN LANDING; Naval Forces Silenced Fort as Our Troops Sped to Beach Across Bay Channel

By Lindesay Parrott By Wireless To the New York Times

cruisers and destroyers, under Rear Adm R S Berkey, and US planes hombarded beachhead and Corregidor

None0 words

IWO GUNS SILENCED; Air Base 750 Miles From Japan Blasted Wide Open to Invasion TOKYO SMOKE TOWERS Anti-Aircraft Fire Light, First Eyewitness Story of Attack Indicates

By Warren Moscow By Wireless To the New York Times

US carrier planes attack Tokyo for 2d day in assault aimed at depots and power, engine and electronic plants

None0 words

ALLIES RAIN BOMBS ON WESTERN REICH; Hit Transport to Assist the Canadian Army and Blast German Oil Plants

By Gladwin Hill By Wireless To the New York Times

Allied bombers pound western Ger rys; bad weather grounds night bombers; other planes hit benzol plants, oil refineries and rr yds at Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Salzbergen, Hamm, Osnabrueck and Rheine; US 15th AAF bombs airdrome near Regensburg and rr yds in Austria; travelers rept on Berlin-Dresden-Leipzig rr network destruction; note Dresden ruins; Allied operations aim to block Ger mil movements in all directions; Ger gasoline shortage and refugee problem as results noted; Luftwaffe weakness enables US 8th AAF bombers to fly across Ger to USSR Army front without any air opposition; US 9th AAF toll of Ger rolling stock and mil vehicles, Feb 8-15, noted

None0 words

SAYS UNION SEEKS CAR INDUSTRY ROLE; Automotive Council Asserts 'Usurpation' Efforts Cause Manpower Problem

By Unknown Author

Automotive Council for War Production files charges with Sen (Mead) com prior to hearing on alleged slowdowns and labor mishandling

None0 words

Southern Bataan Captured In Surprise Blow From Sea; MARIVELES TAKEN IN BLOW FROM SEA

By George E. Jones By Wireless To the New York Times

Mariveles landing role noted

None0 words

War News Summarized

By Unknown Author

None0 words