On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
1945Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (died 2013)[†]
Derek Roy Watkins was an English jazz, pop, and classical trumpeter. Best known for his lead trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and The Beatles. Dizzy Gillespie called him "Mr. Lead".
1945Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (born 1871)[†]
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her "complete candour" and "strong prose". Klee Wyck, her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and others written by her or compiled from her writings later are still much in demand today.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Marine 3d Div smashes to within 1 mi of Iwo Jima's northern tip; nears Hill 362; Jap prisoners noted; marines hold western end of northern airstrip; Jap planes ineffectively attack US ground forces; US carrier planes raid Chichi Jima in Bonins; Japanese reptd apparently regrouping for last stand in Iwo's hills; signs of Jap crack-up seen; Jap comdrs named
WAGE STABILIZATION: J L Lewis asserts UMWA contract demands are consistent with govt stabilization policy
S, ARC rally
Gross-Tychow and Kolberg camps noted
Roosevelt sees long war, s to Cong
Warns restaurant patrons on curfew observance
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER: Roosevelt reiterates policy, s to Cong
Muenchen-Gladbach capture described; Ger civilians' defeatist attitude noted; walls covered with Goebbels exhortations to fight
Muenchen-Gladbach and Rheydt were captured by the Twenty-ninth Division of the United States Army yesterday and tactical planes bombed points near Neuss, on the outskirts of Duesseldorf, fifteen miles away.
Brit Commons approves decisions in unanimous vote
9th Army clears Gers from Muenchen-Gladbach and Rheydt as Allied planes hit Ger positions near Neuss; Ger radio repts 9th Army tanks at Krefeld edge and 22 mi from junction with Canadian 1st Army; Canadians break into Weeze eastern outskirts; fight through Kervenheim and into Hochwald near Schmachdarn; patrols gain in Appeldorn; Gers fighting fierce retreating action; Gers revealed to have wheeled Panzer Lehr Div away from Canadian front, probably to 9th Army sector; US 1st Army wins Erft River bridgeheads; fights to within 6 1/2 mi of Cologne; clears 26 towns; occupies most of Bergsheim; fights in Moedrath; drives through towns north of Zuelpich and gains north of Gemuend; 3d Army re-enters Trier; dominates Kyll River from Fleissem to Butzweiler; extends Saar bridgehead; 3 Allied offensives engaging 3 Ger Armies, including 15th; Ger prisoner toll, all sectors, noted; map; Eisenhower and top US and Brit comdrs conf, Netherlands, on Rhine drive
To offer bill making Cabinet offices concurrent with Pres term