What happened on 30 January 1945?

Discover what happened on 30 January 1945 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Deaths

  • Kuno von Eltz-Rübenach (German politician (1904-1945))
  • Gottlieb Haberlandt (Austrian botanist (1854-1945))
  • Miklós Odescalchi
  • Jur Haak (Dutch football player (1891-1945))
  • Gustav Krojer (Austrian association football player and athletics competitor (1885-1945))
  • William Busch (British composer (1901-1945))
  • Albert Mockel (Belgian poet (1866-1945))
  • Pedro Paulet (Peruvian scientist (1874-1945))
  • Léon Faye
  • Herbert L. Clarke (American conductor (1867-1945))
  • René Legaux
  • Hilda Fredriksen (Norwegian actress (1873–1945))
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  • Petr Atamanovsky (Soviet military officer (1899–1945))
  • Enrique Vilar Figueredo
  • Pavel Konovalov
  • Pyotr Lizyukov (Hero of the Soviet Union (1909-1945))
  • Stepan Novikov (Soviet soldier)
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  • Dixon Ryan Fox (American historian (1887–1945))
  • Emmanuel Carvallo (French mathematician)
  • William Goodenough (British Royal Navy officer (1867-1945))
  • Jaromír Nečas (Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of labour and social affairs of the CR, minister of industry and Czechoslovak politician (1888-1945))
  • Josef Beginen (German officer and Knight’s Cross recipients)
  • Patrick Belton (Irish politician)
  • Shinkichi Hashimoto (Japanese linguist (1882-1945))
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  • Anton Ketskarov
  • Matsudaira Yasukuni (Japanese scholar (1863-1945))
  • Carl Mortensen (Danish painter, sculptor (1861-1945))
  • Nicolaus Heilmann (German general (1903–1945))
  • Pavel Zaytsev
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  • Walter Furthmann (German architect)
  • Alfred Kühlewindt (German photographer (1870-1945))
  • Klara Griefahn (Jewish Doctor, victim of the Nazi regime)
  • Heinrich Füllgrabe (German fighter ace and Knight’s Cross recipient (1916-1945))
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  • Wedego von Wedel (German jurist)
  • Modeste Terwagne (Belgian politician (1864-1945))
  • Aleksiej Karabanow (Soviet military personnel)
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  • Aleksey Chetonov
  • Jantina Henderika van Klooster (Dutch publisher)
  • Jan Kloos
  • Reinder Spriensma
  • Andor Roboz
  • Louisa Aslanian (WWII French-Armenian resistance activist)
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  • Petar Ivanović Perica (Yugoslav partisan)
  • Fernando Salavera Camps (Spanish military personnel)
  • Michel Durrmeyer
  • Imre Knopp (Hungarian painter (1867-1945))
  • Norbert van Stokkum
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  • Jacobus Heemskerk (Dutch photographer)
  • Maximilian Baron von Boeselager ((1907-1945))
  • Ida Vere Maude Chambers ((died 1945))
  • Elizabeth Margaret Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone ((1874-1945))
  • Beatrice Grantham ((died 1945))
  • Charlotte Sophia Lugard ((born 1860))
  • Jan Boissevain ((1895-1945))
  • Johann Rudolf Wolfgang Wilhelm Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna Hiller Gärtringen
  • Edmund Iwaszkiewicz (officer of the Polish Army)
  • Eusebio Curelli
  • Simon Bohemen (Holocaust victim (born 1901))
  • Willi Pless (Holocaust victim (born 1899))
  • Paula Weiss (holocaust victim, b. 1886-01-16)
  • Emil Wellisch (Holocaust victim (born 1899))
  • Kurt Rotter (Holocaust victim (born 1901))
  • Pavla Weissová (holocaust victim, b. 1886-06-16)
  • Pavla Weissová (holocaust victim, birth date unknown)
  • Martha Witting (actress (1863-1945))
  • Arthur Schulz
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  • Juraj Mikulin
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  • Milan Vincent
  • Josias Jan Willem Eekhout (Civil servant of the Netherlands Indies)
  • Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye (26 Apr 1921 – 30 Jan 1945)
  • Pieter Hartog (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
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  • Aino Kõrb (Estonian pianist and music teacher)
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  • Aino Kõrb (Estonian pianist and music teacher)
  • Kuno von Eltz-Rübenach (German politician (1904-1945))
  • Jan van der Heide (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
  • Hans Feyerabend
  • Jaroslav Huta
  • Ryszard Rychlica
  • Mieczysław Monderer
  • Jerzy Patkowski
  • Wincenty Bem
  • Kazimierz Rostkowski
  • Andrzej Rokosz
  • Aleksander Redlicki
  • Teodor Ejerman
  • Józef Fichauzer
  • Jan Roman Piliszek
  • Marie Deketel
  • Hermann Mertitsch
  • Walter Simmel (German chemist and timber merchant)
  • Lydia Caprara di Montalba (Italian countess)
  • Hugo Dahlheim (Holocaust victim)
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  • Aino Kõrb (Estonian pianist and music teacher)