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March 10, 1945

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RUSSIANS 10 MILES FROM DANZIG PORT; Foe Intimates Soviet Force Has Entered Kuestrin--Stettin Outposts on Oder Fall RUSSIANS 9 MILES SOUTH OF DANZIG Advance Toward Stettin Schlawe and Stolp Taken

By Unknown Author

Stettin and Danzig outskirts reptd reached; ports reptd aflame; Russians take Przyjazd; other units take Schlawe and Reugenwalde; Stalin order of day announces Stolp capture; Darsin taken; Berlin hints Kuestrin fall; admits Greifenhagen loss; arc around Stettin compressed; map

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RECORD AIR ATTACK; B-29's Pour Over 1,000 Tons of Incendiaries on Japanese Capital BOMBS RAIN 1 HOURS Tremendous Fires Leap Up in Thickly Populated Center of Big City Enemy Is Surprised RECORD AIR ATTACK IS MADE ON TOKYO Northern Boundary of Target Tokyo Version of Attack Japanese Broadcast

By Bruce Rae By Wireless To the New York Times

300 B-29s from Guam, Saipan and Tinian pour over 1,000 tons of incendiaries on 15-mi sq area in center of Tokyo; Maj Gen LeMay and Brig Gen Powers on raid; rapid spread of fire noted; target area described; Brig Gen Norstad discusses B-29 attacks on Japan; Tokyo radio version of latest raid noted; Jap broadcast on reptd US invasion of Japan noted; map

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Notable Births

Katharine Houghton

1945Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright[†]

Katharine Houghton is an American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's aunt. Houghton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance. She is also known for her role as Kanna, the grandmother of Katara and Sokka in the film The Last Airbender (2010).

Madhavrao Scindia

1945Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001)[†]

Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia was an Indian politician and minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was viewed as a potential future prime ministerial candidate before the 1999 Lok Sabha elections in the aftermath of the controversy over Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin.

Historical Events

World War II

1945World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.