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Year '''1945''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar). It is most widely known for being the year in which [[World War II]] ended. It is also known as the beginning of the [[Information Age]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
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== Events of 1945 ==
:: ''(Below, many events of [[World War II]] have the "[[World War II|WWII]]" prefix.)''
===January===
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[[Image:Auschwitz gate brama 1940s.jpg|thumb|230px|right| [[January 27|Jan. 27]]: [[Soviet Union]] liberates
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*January - American troops cross the [[Siegfried Line]] into Belgium
* [[January 5]] - [[Soviet Union]] recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of [[Poland]].
* [[January 7]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] General [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]] holds a press conference at [[Zonhoven]] describing his contribution to the [[Battle of the Bulge]].
* [[January 12]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Soviet Union]] begins the [[Vistula-Oder Offensive]] in [[Eastern Europe]] against the [[Nazism|Nazis]].
* [[January 13]] - A Soviet patrol arrests [[Raoul Wallenberg]] in [[Hungary]].
* [[January 16]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] evacuates to his underground bunker, the ''[[Führerbunker]]''.
* [[January 17]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Soviet Union]] occupies [[Warsaw]].
**[[Holocaust]]: [[Nazism|Nazis]] begin to evacuate from [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] [[concentration camp]].
* [[January 20]]
**[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] is inaugurated to an unprecedented fourth term as [[President of the United States]].
**[[Hungary]] drops out of the [[World War II|Second World War]], agreeing to an [[armistice]] with the [[Allies]].
* [[January 24]] - First successful launch of the German [[A4b]]-Rocket
* [[January 27]] - The [[Red Army]] arrives at [[Auschwitz]] and Birkenau in [[Poland]] and find the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] where 1.3 million people were murdered.
* [[January 28]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Supplies begin to reach [[China]] over the newly reopened [[Burma Road]].
* [[January 30]]
** The ''[[KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff|Wilhelm Gustloff]]'' ship with over 10,000 mainly civilian Germans from Gotenhafen ([[Gdynia]]) in the [[Gdansk Bay]] is sunk by 3 [[torpedo]]es from the [[Soviet submarine S-13]] in the [[Baltic Sea]]. Based on recent research, over 9,000 died.
**121 American Soldiers and other 200 Filipino guerrillas commence the [[Raid at Cabanatuan|Raid of Cabanatuan]], freeing 513 American & British [[Prisoner of War|POWs]] from the Japanese-held camp at [[Cabanatuan City]], [[Philippines]].
* [[January 31]] - [[Eddie Slovik]] is executed by firing squad for [[desertion]], the first American soldier since the [[American Civil War]], and last to date to be executed for this offence.
===February===
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* [[February 2]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] leave to meet with [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]] at the [[Yalta Conference]].
* [[February 3]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Soviet Union]] agrees to enter the Pacific Theater conflict against [[Japan]].
* [[February 4]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]] begin the [[Yalta Conference]] (ends [[February 11]])
* [[February 6]] - French writer [[Robert Brasillach]] executed for [[collaborationism|collaboration]] with the Germans
* Robert Nesta Marley was born in Jamaica.
* [[February 7]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: General [[Douglas MacArthur]] returns to [[Manila]]
* [[February 9]] - [[Walter Ulbricht]] becomes the leader of German [[communism|communists]] in [[Moscow]]
* [[February 10]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Dampfschiff General von Steuben|SS General von Steuben]] sunk by the [[Soviet submarine S-13]].
* [[February 13]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Soviet Union]] forces capture [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] from the [[Nazism|Nazis]].
**The [[Royal Air Force]] [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|bombs Dresden]], [[Germany]].
* [[February 14]] - [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]], [[Paraguay]] and [[Peru]] join the [[United Nations]].
* [[February 16]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**American and Filipino forces land on [[Corregidor]] island in the [[Philippines]].
**American and Filipino forces recapture the [[Bataan]] Peninsula
* [[February 19]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] - about 30,000 [[United States Marine]]s landed on [[Iwo Jima]] starting the battle.
* [[February 21]] - Last launch of an A4-rocket at [[Peenemünde]]
* [[February 23]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], a group of [[United States Marine]]s reach the top of [[Mount Suribachi]] on the island and are photographed raising the [[flag of the United States|American flag]]. The photo, ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]'' taken by [[Joe Rosenthal]] will later win a [[Pulitzer Prize]].
**The capital of the [[Philippines]], Manila, is liberated by [[United States|American]] and [[Philippine|Filipino]] forces.
**The liberating Filipino and American troops entering in [[Intramuros, Manila]] by the attack from the Japanese forces.
**Capitulation of German garrison in [[Poznań]], city is liberated by [[Red Army]] and Polish forces.
* [[February 24]] - Egyptian Premier [[Ahmed Maher Pasha]] is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
===March===
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*Early March - [[Anne Frank|Annelies Marie Frank]], also called Anne Frank, dies in the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]] of [[typhus]].
* [[March 1]] - [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] gives what will be his last address to a joint session of Congress, reporting on the [[Yalta Conference]].
* [[March 2]]
**Former US Vice-President [[Henry Agard Wallace]] starts his term of office as [[United States Secretary of Commerce|US Secretary of Commerce]], serving under President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
**Launch of the [[Bachem Ba 349|Bachem Ba 349 Natter]] from [[Stetten am kalten Markt]]. The Natter was the first manned rocket and developed as anti-aircraft weapon. The launch failed and the pilot died.<ref>"Year by Year 1945" -- [[History Channel International]]</ref>
* [[March 3]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**Previously neutral [[Finland]] declares war on the [[Axis powers]].
**A possible experimental atomic test blast occurs at the Nazis' [[Ohrdruf]] military testing area.
**The United States and Filipino troops take [[Manila]].
* [[March 4]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Princess Elizabeth]], later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the [[British Army]] as a driver.
* [[March 6]] - Communist-led government formed in [[Romania]]
* [[March 7]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: American troops seize the bridge over the [[Rhine River]] at [[Remagen]], [[Germany]] and begin to cross.
* [[March 8]] - [[Josip Broz Tito]] forms a government in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
* [[March 9]]-[[March 10]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: American [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] bombers attack [[Japan]] with [[incendiary bomb]]s. [[Tokyo]] is [[fire-bomb]]ed killing 100,000 citizens.
* [[March 10]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Battle of Mindanao]] founded to the battles of the American and Philippine Commonwealth troops together with the Allied Filipino Guerrillas against the Japanese.
* [[March 15]] - [[17th Academy Awards]] ceremony
* [[March 16]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] ends, with small pockets of guerrilla resistance persisting past the official conclusion of the battle.
* [[March 17]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Japan]]ese city of [[Kobe]] is [[fire-bomb]]ed by 331 [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] bombers, killing over 8,000.
* [[March 18]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: 1,250 American bombers attack [[Berlin]].
* [[March 19]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Adolf Hitler]] orders that all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
**Off the coast of [[Japan]], bombers hit the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'']], killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
* [[March 21]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Myanmar|Burma]]
* [[March 22]] - The [[Arab League]] is formed with the adoption of a charter in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
* [[March 24]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Operation Varsity]] takes place, with two airborne divisions capturing bridges across the [[River Rhine]] to aid the Alied advance.
* [[March 29]] - The "Clash of Titans": [[George Mikan]] and [[Bob Kurland]] duelled at [[Madison Square Garden]]. [[Oklahoma State University|OSU]] defeats [[DePaul University|DePaul]] 52-44.
* [[March 30]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Soviet Union]] forces invade [[Austria]] and take [[Vienna]]. [[Alger Hiss]] congratulated in Moscow for his part in bringing about the [[Western betrayal]] at the [[Yalta Conference]].
* From [[February 14]], [[1936]], to [[March 1]], 1945, [[AG Weser]] launched a total of 162 [[U-boats]].
===April===
* [[April 1]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[United States]] troops land on [[Okinawa]] in the last campaign of the war. The [[Battle of Okinawa]] starts.
* [[April 4]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: American troops liberate their first Nazi concentration camp, [[Ohrdruf]] [[death camp]] in [[Germany]].
* [[April 7]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**The first and only flight of the German ramming unit known as the [[Sonderkommando Elbe]] took place, resulting in the loss of some 24 [[B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]]s and [[B-24 Liberator|B-24]]s of the United States [[Eighth Air Force]].
**The [[Japanese battleship Yamato|Japanese battleship ''Yamato'']] is sunk 200 miles north of [[Okinawa]] while enroute on a [[Operation Ten-Go|suicide mission]].
**[[Visoko]] was liberated by the 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of [[Yugoslav Partisan]] forces.
**[[Kantaro Suzuki]] becomes the [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
* [[April 9]]
**Abwehr conspirators [[Wilhelm Canaris]], [[Hans Oster]] and [[Hans Dohanyi]] are hanged at [[Flossenberg concentration camp]] along with pastor [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]].
**[[World War II|WWII]]: [[Battle of Königsberg]], in [[East Prussia]], ends.
* [[April 10]] - The [[Allied Forces]] liberate the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], [[Buchenwald concentration camp|Buchenwald]].
* [[April 12]] - [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] ([[1933]]-1945) dies suddenly at [[Warm Springs, Georgia]]; Vice President [[Harry S. Truman]] (1945-[[1953]]) becomes the 33rd President.
* [[April 15]] - [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] liberated.
* [[April 16]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Goya (ship)|Goya]] sunk by the [[Soviet submarine L-3]].
* [[April 18]] - U.S. [[war correspondent]] [[Ernie Pyle]] is killed by Japanese [[machine gun]] fire on the island of [[Ie Shima]] off [[Okinawa]].
* [[April 19]] - [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', a musical play based on [[Ferenc Molnar]]'s ''[[Liliom]]'', opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and becomes their second long-running stage classic.
* [[April 20]]- The [[League of Nations]] officially ceases to exist.
*[[April 24]] - Retreating [[Wehrmacht|German troops]] destroy all the bridges over the [[Adige]] in [[Verona]], including the historical [[Ponte di Castelvecchio]] and [[Ponte Pietra]].
* [[April 25]]
**Founding negotiations of [[United Nations]] in [[San Francisco]]
**[[World War II|WWII]]: [[Elbe Day]], [[United States]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops link up at the [[Elbe River]], cutting [[Germany]] in two
* [[April 26]] - [[Battle of Bautzen (World War II)]] - last "successful" German panzer-offensive in [[Bautzen]], the city is recaptured
* [[April 27]] - U.S. Ordinance troops find the coffins of Frederick Wilhelm I, Frederick the Great, [[Paul Von Hindenburg]], and his wife
* [[April 28]] - Italian dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] and his mistress, [[Clara Petacci]], are executed by Italian partisans as they attempt to flee the country. Their bodies are then hung by their heels in the public square of [[Milan]].
* [[April 29]] - Start of [[Operation Manna]]: British [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster]] bombers drop food into the [[Netherlands]] to prevent the starvation of the civilian population.
* [[April 30]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] and his wife of one day, [[Eva Braun]], [[Hitler's death|commit suicide]] as [[Red Army]] approaches [[Führerbunker]] in [[Berlin]]. [[Karl Dönitz]] succeeds Hitler as [[Reichspräsident|President of Germany]]. [[Joseph Goebbels]] succeeds Hitler as [[Chancellor of Germany]].
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* [[May 1]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Hamburg]] Radio announces that Hitler has died in battle, "...fighting up to his last breath against [[Bolshevism]]."
**[[Joseph Goebbels]] and his wife commit suicide after killing their 6 children. Karl Dönitz appoints [[Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk]] as the new [[Chancellor of Germany]].
**Troops of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] 4th Army together with [[Slovenes|Slovene]] 9th Corpus NOV enter [[Trieste]].
* [[May 2]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**The [[Soviet Union]] announces the [[Battle of Berlin#Breakout and surrender|fall of Berlin]]. Soviet soldiers hoist the [[red flag]] over the ''[[Reich Chancellery#New Reich Chancellery (1938)|Reich Chancellery]]''.<!-- Red Flag over the Reichstag was 29 Apil -->
**Troops of [[New Zealand Army]] [[2nd Division (New Zealand)|2nd Division]] enter [[Trieste]] a day after the [[Yugoslavs]]. [[German Army]] in [[Trieste]] surrenders to the [[New Zealand Army]].
**The last postage stamp utilized by [[Manzhouguo]] is issued.
**Liberation of [[Lübeck]] by British Army.
* [[May 3]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**Sinkings of the [[prison ship]]s [[Cap Arcona]], [[Thielbek]] and [[Deutschland IV (liner)|Deutschland]] by the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in the [[Lübeck]] Bay.
**Rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]] and 120 members of his team surrender to US forces. They later help start the US space program.
* [[May 4]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**Liberation of the [[concentration camp]] [[Neuengamme]] near [[Hamburg]] by the British army.
**Reddition of the North Germany army by Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]].
**Holland liberated by Canadian troops. [http://www-lib.usc.edu/~anthonya/war/lib.htm] German troops officially surrender one day later.
* [[May 5]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Prague]] uprising against the Nazis.
**[[Ezra Pound]], poet and author, is arrested by American soldiers in [[Italy]] for treason.
**[[US 11th Armored Division]] liberates prisoners of [[Mauthausen concentration camp]] - including [[Simon Wiesenthal]]
**[[Canada|Canadian]] soldiers liberate the city of [[Amsterdam]] from [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupation.
***[[Karl Dönitz|Admiral Karl Dönitz]] orders all [[U-boat]]s to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
** A Japanese [[balloon bomb]] killed five children and a woman, [[Elsie Mitchell]] near [[Bly, Oregon]], when it exploded as they dragged it from the woods. They were the only people killed by enemy attack on the United States mainland during [[World War II]].
* [[May 6]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Axis Sally]] delivers her last [[propaganda]] broadcast to [[Allies|Allied]] troops (first was on [[December 11]], [[1941]]).
* [[May 7]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: General [[Alfred Jodl]] signs unconditional surrender terms at [[Rheims]], [[France]], ending [[Germany]]'s participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.
* [[May 8]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[V-E Day]] (Victory in Europe, as [[Nazi Germany]] surrenders) commemorates the end of [[World War II]] in [[Europe]].
**British 8th Army together with Slovene partisan troops and motorized detachment of Yugoslav 4th Army arrives to [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and [[Klagenfurt]].
* [[May 8]]-[[May 29]] - In [[Algeria]], thousands die as French troops and released Italian POW's kill an estimated 6 thousand Algerian citizens [[Sétif massacre|(Sétif rebellion)]].
* [[May 9]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**Russian V-E day and [[Hermann Göring]] is captured by the [[United States Army]]; [[Norway]] arrests [[Vidkun Quisling]]; [[Soviet Union]] marks [[V-E Day]].
**[[Red Army]] enters Prague (capitulation of German occupation troops)
**General [[Alexander Löhr]] Commander of German Army Group E near [[Topolsica|Topolšica]], [[Slovenia]], signs capitulation of German occupation troops.
**[[Occupation of the Channel Islands]] ends with the liberation by British troops. [[Alderney]], annex of the [[concentration camp]] [[Neuengamme]] liberated.
* [[May 14]] - [[May 15]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: the [[Battle of Poljana]]: the last battle of WWII in Europe is fought at [[Poljana]] near [[Slovenj Gradec]], [[Slovenia]]
* [[May 23]]
**[[Reichspräsident|President of Germany]] [[Karl Dönitz]] and [[Chancellor of Germany]] [[Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk]] are arrested by [[United Kingdom|British]] forces at [[Flensburg]]. They would respectively be the last German [[Head of state]] and [[Prime Minister|Head of government]] until [[1949]].
**[[Heinrich Himmler]], the head of the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Gestapo]], commits suicide in British custody.
* [[May 28]] - [[William Joyce]], known as "[[Lord Haw-Haw]]" is captured. He is later charged with high treason in [[London]] for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio. He is hanged in January 1946.
* [[May 29]] - Group of German communists, Ulbricht in the lead, arrive in [[Berlin]].
* [[May 30]] - [[Iran]]ian government demands that Soviet and British troops leave the country.
===June===
* [[June 1]] - British take over [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]]
* [[June 5]] - [[Allied Control Council]], military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
* [[June 6]] - King [[Haakon VII of Norway]] returns to Norway
* [[June 11]] - [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] is re-elected as Canadian prime minister. Franck Committee recommends against a surprise nuclear bombing of Japan. [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[June 12]] - [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] Army leaves [[Trieste]], leaving the [[New Zealand Army]] in control.
* [[June 21]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[Battle of Okinawa]] ends.
* [[June 24]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Victory parade in [[Red Square]]
* [[June 25]] - [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] is elected the second [[President of Ireland]].
* [[June 26]] - [[United Nations]] charter signed.
* [[June 29]] - [[Czechoslovakia]] cedes [[Ruthenia]] to [[Soviet Union]]
===July===
[[Image:Trinity shot color.jpg|thumb|145px|right| [[July 16]]: [[Trinity site|Trinity Test]] at night in [[Nevada]].]]
* [[July 1]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Germany is divided between Allied occupation forces
* [[July 5]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Liberation of the [[Philippines]] declared.
* [[July 8]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Harry S. Truman]] was informed that [[Japan]] will talk peace if she can keep the Emperor. [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[July 9]] - A [[forest fire]] breaks out in the [[Tillamook Burn]], the third fire in that area since 1933.
* [[July 16]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: The [[Trinity site|Trinity Test]], the first test of an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]], using 6 kilograms of [[plutonium]], succeeds in detonating, unleashing an explosion equivalent to that of 19 kilotons of TNT.
* [[July 16]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: A train collision near [[Munich]], [[Germany]] kills 102 war prisoners.
* [[July 17]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Potsdam Conference]] - At [[Potsdam]], the three main [[Allies|Allied]] leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on [[August 2]].
* [[July 21]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Harry S. Truman]] approves order for atomic bombs to be used. [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[July 23]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: French marshal [[Philippe Pétain]], who headed the [[Vichy government]] during [[World War II]] goes on trial, charged with treason.
* [[July 26]]
**[[Winston Churchill]] resigns as [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] prime minister after his [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] is soundly defeated by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945 general election]]. [[Clement Attlee]] becomes the new prime minister.
**[[Potsdam Declaration]] demands Japan's unconditional surrender; Article 12 permitting Japan to retain the Emperor had been deleted by Truman. [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[July 28]]
**An [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] [[B-25]] bomber accidentally crashes into the [[Empire State Building]], killing 14 people.
**[[World War II|WWII]]: [[Japan]] rejects [[Potsdam Declaration]] [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm].
* [[July 29]] - The [[BBC Light Programme]] [[radio station]] was launched, aimed at [[Mainstream (terminology)|mainstream]] light entertainment and [[music]].
* [[July 30]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: The [[USS Indianapolis (CA-35)|USS ''Indianapolis'']] is hit and sunk by the [[Japanese submarine I-58]]. Some 900 survivors jump into the sea and are adrift for 4 days. Nearly 600 die before help arrives. Captain [[Charles B. McVay III]] is later court-martialed.
* [[July 31]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Pierre Laval]], fugitive former leader of [[Vichy France]], surrenders to [[Allies|Allied]] soldiers in Austria.
[[Image:USS Indianapolis at Mare Island.jpg|thumb|225px|right| [[July 30]]: [[USS Indianapolis (CA-35)|USS ''Indianapolis'']] will be sunk.]]
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* [[August 6]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: the [[Atomic bombing of Hiroshima]]. The [[United States]] detonates an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] nicknamed "[[Little Boy]]" on [[Hiroshima, Japan|Hiroshima]], [[Japan]] at 8:15 a.m. (local time).
* [[August 7]] - President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the heavy cruiser [[USS Augusta (CA-31)]] in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
* [[August 8]] - The [[United Nations Charter]] is ratified by the [[United States]], and that nation becomes the third to join the new international organization. Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
* [[August 9]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**The [[United States]] detonates an [[atomic bomb]] nicknamed "[[Fat Man]]" over the city of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]], [[Japan]] at 11:02 a.m. (local time).
**The [[Soviet Union]] begins its offensive against Japan in the then Japanese controlled Chinese region of [[Manchuria]]. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1986/RMF.htm]
* [[August 10]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**[[Japan]] offers to surrender to the [[Allies]], "...provided this does not prejudice the sovereignty of the Emperor."
**US drops warning leaflets on Nagasaki. [http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[August 11]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Allies]] reply to the Japanese surrender offer by saying that Emperor [[Hirohito]] would be subject to the authority of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.
* [[August 13]] - [[Zionism|Zionist]] World Congress approaches British government to talk about founding of [[Israel]].
* [[August 14]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Emperor [[Hirohito]] accepts the terms of the [[Potsdam Declaration]].
* [[August 15]] - [[World War II|WWII]]:
**Emperor [[Hirohito]] announces Japan's surrender on the radio. The United States called this day [[V-J Day]] (Victory in Japan). This ends the period of [[Japanese expansionism]] and begins the period of [[Occupied Japan]].
**[[Korea]] gains independence following Japan's surrender
* [[August 17]] - [[Indonesia]]n nationalists [[Soekarno]] and [[Mohammed Hatta]] declare the independence of Republic of [[Indonesia]], Soekarno as a president. Dutch colonial authorities do not approve. [[Animal Farm]] by [[George Orwell]] is first published by [[Fredric Warburg]]
* [[August 19]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Viet Minh]] led by [[Ho Chi Minh]] take power in [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]].
* End of August - [[Chinese Civil War]]: [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Chiang Kai-shek]] meet in [[Chongqing]] to discuss an end to hostilities between the [[Communist Party of China|Communists]] and the [[Kuomintang|Nationalists]].
===September===
* [[September 2]]
**The Commanding of the Imperial Japanese Army general [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]] surrendered to the Filipino and American forces at [[Kiangan, Ifugao]].
**[[World War II]] ends: The final official surrender of [[Japan]] was accepted by Supreme Allied Commander General of the Army [[Douglas MacArthur]] and Fleet Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] from a delegation led by [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]], aboard the battleship [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|Missouri]] in Tokyo Bay. But in Japan [[August 14]] is well recognized as the day the [[Pacific War]] ended.
**[[Ho Chi Minh]] promulgates the [[Vietnam]]ese Declaration of Independence, and unity from the north to the south.
* [[September 4]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: [[Japan]]ese forces surrender on [[Wake Island]] after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
* [[September 5]] - [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist "[[Tokyo Rose]]," is arrested in [[Yokohama]].
* [[September 5]] - Russian code clerk [[Igor Gouzenko]] comes forward with numerous documents implicating the Soviet Union of having numerous spy rings in [[North America]].
* [[September 8]]
**US troops occupy southern [[Korea]], [[Soviet Union]] occupy the north. This arrangement proves to be the beginning of a divided [[Korea]].
* *[[Hideki Tojo]], Japanese prime minister during most of [[World War II]], attempts suicide to avoid facing a [[war crimes]] tribunal.
* [[September 9]] - "First actual case of (a computer) [[Software bug|bug]] being found" - a [[moth]] lodged in a [[relay]] of a Harvard Mark II computer at the [[Naval Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia]].
* [[September 11]]
**[[Radio Republik Indonesia]] starts broadcasting.
**[[Batu Lintang camp]] in [[Sarawak]], [[Borneo]] liberated by Australian forces.
* [[September 12]] - [[Japan]]ese army formally surrendered in [[Singapore]].
* [[September 18]] - [[Tropical cyclone|Typhoon Makurazaki]] in [[Japan]] kills 3,746.
* [[September 20]] - [[Mohandas Gandhi]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] demand that British troops leave [[India]]
===October===
[[Image:Flag of the United Nations (1945-1947).svg|thumb|220px| [[October 24]]: The [[United Nations]] is formed. This was its flag. The modern version is slightly retouched.]]
[[Image:Buchenwald Slave Laborers Liberation.jpg|thumb|220px| [[October 18]]: [[Nuremberg]] trials begin, after [[Buchenwald concentration camp|Buchenwald]] closed.]]
* [[October 1]] - to [[October 15]] - Launch of three [[V-2 rocket|A4 rockets]] near [[Cuxhaven]] in order to show Allied forces the rocket with liquid fuel ([[Operation Backfire (WWII)|Operation Backfire]])
* [[October 3]] - to [[October 10]] - [[Detroit Tigers]] won the [[World Series]] against the [[Chicago Cubs]]. The Cubs haven't made it to the World Series since.
* [[October 4]] - Established [[Partizan Belgrade|Partizan]], [[sports society]] from [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]].
* [[October 5]] - A strike by the Set Decorator's Union in Hollywood results in [[Hollywood Black Friday|riot]]
* [[October 15]] - [[World War II|WWII]]: Former premier of [[Vichy France]], [[Pierre Laval]], is executed by [[firing squad]] for [[treason]].
* [[October 17]] - A massive number of people, headed for [[General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)|CGT]], gather in the [[Plaza de Mayo]] in [[Argentina]] to demand [[Juan Peron]]'s release. This is known to the [[Peronists]] as the ''Día de la lealtad'' (day of loyalty) or ''San Perón'' (Saint Perón). It's considered the birthday of Peronism.
* [[October 18]]
**The first German [[war crimes]] trial begins in [[Nuremberg]].
**[[Isaías Medina Angarita]], president of [[Venezuela]], is overthrown by a [[military coup]].
* [[October 21]] - [[Women's suffrage]]: Women are allowed to vote in [[France]] for the first time.
* [[October 23]] - [[Jackie Robinson]] signs a contract with the [[Montreal Royals]].
* [[October 24]]
**[[United Nations]] founded.
**Norwegian Nazi leader, [[Vidkun Quisling]], is shot by [[firing squad]] for [[treason]].
* [[October 27]] - [[Indonesia]]n separatists riot and fight Dutch and British security forces.
* [[October 29]]
**[[Getúlio Vargas]], president of [[Brazil]], resigns.
**At [[Gimbel's]] Department Store in [[New York City]], the first [[ballpoint pen]]s go on sale at $12.50 each.
===November===
* [[November 1]]
**[[John H. Johnson]] publishes the first issue of the magazine ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]''.
**Telechron introduces the model 8H59 "Musalarm", the first clock radio.
* [[November 11]] - [[Musical theatre]] [[composer]] [[Jerome Kern]] dies after suffering a stroke a week before.
* [[November 13]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] elected head of a French [[provisional government]]
* [[November 15]] - [[Harry S. Truman]], [[Clement Attlee]], and [[Mackenzie King]] call for a UN Atomic Energy Commission.[http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/1940/1945.htm]
* [[November 16]]
**[[Cold War]]: The [[United States]] controversially imports 88 [[Germany|German]] scientists to help in the production of [[rocket]] technology.
**The motion picture ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'', starring [[Ray Milland]], is released. It is the most realistic film portrayal of an alcoholic up to that time, and wins several Oscars, including [[Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] ([[Billy Wilder]]) and [[Best Actor]] (Ray Milland). Billy Wilder wins his first Oscar for the film; Milland his only one. After his Oscar win, Ray Milland, who has usually starred in light comedies and adventure films, will be given more heavily dramatic roles.
**[[Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)|Yeshiva College]] founded
* [[November 20]] - [[Nuremberg Trials]] begin: Trials against 24 [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war crime|war criminals]] of [[World War II]] start at the [[Nuremberg Palace of Justice]].
* [[November 28]] - [[1945 Balochistan earthquake|Earthquake in Balochistan]] (Pakistan) caused a tsunami and killed 4000.
* [[November 29]]
**The [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] is declared (this day was celebrated as Republic Day until [[1990s]]). [[Marshal Tito]] is named president.
**Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ([[ENIAC]]), is completed. It covers 1800 feet of floor space. The first set of calculations is run on the computer.
===December===
* [[December 2]] - General [[Eurico Gaspar Dutra]] elected president of [[Brazil]]
* [[December 3]] - [[Communist]] demonstrations in [[Athens]] - preliminary of the [[Greek Civil War]]
* [[December 4]] - By a vote of 65 to 7, the [[United States Senate]] approves the entry of the [[United States]] into the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 5]] - A flight of USAF Avenger torpedo bombers known as [[Flight 19]] disappears on a training exercise.
* [[December 21]] - General [[George S. Patton]] dies from injuries sustained in a car accident on December 9.
* [[December 27]]
**Twenty-eight nations sign an agreement creating the [[World Bank]].
**Terror strikes against British military bases in [[British mandate of Palestine|Palestine]].
===Undated===
*Foundation of the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]].
*Poland has two rival governments.
[[Image:Kodeks IV NagHammadi.jpg|thumb|230px|right|1945: [[Nag Hammadi library|Nag Hammadi texts]] found.]]
*Discovery of [[Nag Hammadi library|Nag Hammadi scriptures]].
*Dutch painter [[Han van Meegeren]] is arrested for collaboration with Nazis but the paintings he had sold to [[Hermann Göring]] are found to be his fakes.
*[[Female suffrage]] in [[Guatemala]] and [[Japan]]
*[[Saskatchewan Government Insurance]], the first state-owned [[automobile insurance]] company in [[North America]], is created.
*[[Denmark]] recognizes independent [[Iceland]]
* US House of Representatives calls for unrestricted Jewish immigration to [[Palestine]] in order to establish a Jewish commonwealth there
* [[Berklee College of Music]] founded
==Science and technology==
*The [[Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College]], the first chiropractic college in Canada, initiates its four year doctoral program.
*[[Arthur C. Clarke]] puts forward the idea of a communications [[satellite]] in a ''Wireless World'' magazine article.
*At the [[Mayo Clinic]], [[streptomycin]] is first used to treat [[tuberculosis]].
*[[Percy Spencer]] accidentally discovers that microwaves can heat food. Invention of the [[microwave oven]] follows.
*[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] and [[Newburgh, New York]] become the first cities to [[Water fluoridation|add fluoride to drinking water]].
*The first nuclear reactor outside of the U.S. is built in [[Chalk River, Ontario|Chalk River]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
*High-altitude, west-to-east winds across the [[Pacific Ocean]]—discovered by the [[Japan]]ese in [[1942]] and by [[United States|Americans]] in [[1944]]—are dubbed the ''[[jet stream]]''.
*[[Salvador Edward Luria]] and [[Alfred Day Hershey]] independently recognize that [[virus]]es undergo [[mutation]]s.
*The [[herbicide]] [[2,4-D]] is introduced; it is later used as a component of [[Agent Orange]].
*A team led by [[Charles DuBois Coryell]] discovers [[chemical element]] 61, the only one still missing between 1 and 96 on the [[periodic table]]. The new element is called [[promethium]].
*[[Raymond Libby]] develops oral [[penicillin]].
*American Canamid discovers [[folic acid]], a [[vitamin]] abundant in [[green leafy vegetable]]s, [[liver]], [[kidney]], and [[yeast]].
*The first [[geothermal milk pasteurization]] occurs in [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]], [[Oregon]], [[United States|USA]].
==Births==
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===January===
* [[January 3]]
**[[Stephen Stills]], American singer and songwriter ([[Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)|Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young]])
**[[Abbas Khattak]], Commander of [[Pakistan Air Force]]
* [[January 4]] - [[Richard R. Schrock]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[January 6]] - [[Pepe Le Pew]], Looney Tunes cartoon character
* [[January 10]]
**[[Jennifer Moss]], British actress (d. [[2006]])
**[[Rod Stewart]], British singer
* [[January 14]] - [[Einar Hakonarson]], Painter
* [[January 15]]
**[[Princess Michael of Kent]]
**[[Vince Foster]], a deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton (d.[[1993]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Robert Olen Butler]], American writer
* [[January 26]] - [[Jacqueline Du Pre|Jacqueline du Pré]], English cellist (d. [[1987]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Harold Cardinal]], Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (d. [[2005]])
* [[January 29]]
**[[Jim Nicholson (UK politician)|Jim Nicholson]], Northern Irish politician
**[[Tom Selleck]], American actor
* [[January 30]] - [[Michael Dorris]], American author (d. [[1997]])
* [[January 31]] - [[Joseph Kosuth]], American artist
===February===
* [[February 2]] - [[David D. Friedman|David Friedman]], American economist
* [[February 3]]
**[[Bob Griese]], American football player
**[[Philip Waruinge]], Kenyan boxer
* [[February 5]] - [[Charlotte Rampling]], English actress
* [[February 6]] - [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer and musician (d. [[1981]])
* [[February 7]]
**[[Gerald Davies]], Welsh rugby player
**[[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor
* [[February 9]] - [[Mia Farrow]], American actress
* [[February 12]] - [[Maud Adams]], Swedish actress
* [[February 16]] - [[Frank Welker]], American voice actor
* [[February 14]] - Prince [[Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein]]
* [[February 17]] - [[Brenda Fricker]], Irish actress
* [[February 24]] - [[Barry Bostwick]], American actor
* [[February 25]] - [[Elkie Brooks]], English singer
* [[February 25]] - [[Roy Saari]], American swimmer
* [[February 26]] - [[Marta Kristen]], Norwegian actress
* [[February 27]] - [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (d. [[2004]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Bubba Smith]], American football player and actor
===March===
* [[March 1]] - [[Dirk Benedict]], American actor
* [[March 3]] - [[Hattie Winston]], American actress
* [[March 4]]
**[[Dieter Meier]], Swiss singer and children's writer
**[[Tommy Svensson]], Swedish football manager and former player
**[[Gary Williams]], American basketball coach
* [[March 6]] - [[Rob Reiner]], American actor, comedian and director
* [[March 7]] - [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]], American actor
* [[March 8]]
**[[Jim Chapman]], American politician
**[[Micky Dolenz]], American actor, director, and musician ([[The Monkees]])
**[[Anselm Kiefer]], German painter
* [[March 9]] - [[Dennis Rader]], American serial killer
* [[March 13]] - [[Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko]], Russian mathematician
* [[March 15]] - [[A. K. Faezul Huq]], Bangladeshi lawyer and Politician (d. [[2007]])
* [[March 17]] - [[Katri Helena]], Finnish singer
* [[March 19]] - [[Cem Karaca]], Turkish musician (d. [[2004]])
* [[March 20]] - [[Jay Ingram]], television host, author and journalist
* [[March 20]] - [[Pat Riley]], American basketball coach
* [[March 24]] - [[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester the Cat]], Looney Tunes cartoon character
* [[March 26]] - [[Mikhail Voronin]], Russian gymnast (d. [[2004]])
* [[March 29]] - [[Walt Frazier]], American basketball player
* [[March 30]] - [[Eric Clapton]], English guitarist
* [[March 31]] - [[Gabe Kaplan]], American actor, comedian, and professional poker player
===April===
*[[April 2]] - [[Linda Hunt]], American actress
*[[April 4]] - [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], French activist
*[[April 7]] - [[Werner Schroeter]], German film director
*[[April 9]]
**[[Peter Gammons]], baseball sportswriter
**[[Steve Gadd]], American session drummer
*[[April 12]] - [[Lee Jong-wook]], Korean Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]] (d. [[2006]])
*[[April 13]]
**[[Tony Dow]], American actor, producer, and director
**[[Lowell George]], American musician ([[Little Feat]])
**[[Bob Kalsu]], American football player (d. [[1970]])
*[[April 14]] - [[Ritchie Blackmore]], English guitarist ([[Deep Purple]] 1968-1975 & 1984-1993)
*[[April 20]] - [[Frank DiLeo]], American actor
*[[April 21]] - [[Diana Darvey]], British actress, singer and dancer (d. [[2000]])
*[[April 25]] - [[Björn Ulvaeus]], Swedish songwriter ([[ABBA]])
*[[April 27]] - [[August Wilson]], American playwright (d. [[2005]])
===May===
*[[May 1]] - [[Rita Coolidge]], American singer
*[[May 2]]
**[[Judge Dread]], English musician
**[[Sarah Weddington]], American attorney
*[[May 4]] - [[Narasinham Ram]], Indian journalist
*[[May 5]] - [[Kurt Loder]] American film critic, author, and television personality.
*[[May 5]] - [[Yosemite Sam]], Looney Tunes cartoon character
*[[May 6]]
**[[Jimmie Dale Gilmore]], American musician
**[[Bob Seger]], American singer
*[[May 8]] - [[Keith Jarrett]], American musician
*[[May 14]] - [[Yochanan Vollach]], former [[Israel]]i football player and president of Maccabi Haifa, [[CEO]]
*[[May 15]] - [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]], heir to the Portuguese crown
*[[May 16]] - [[Nicky Chinn]], English songwriter ([[Sweet (band)|The Sweet]] and [[Suzi Quatro]])
*[[May 17]] - [[Tony Roche]], Australian tennis player
*[[May 19]] - [[Pete Townshend]], English guitarist and lyricist ([[The Who]])
*[[May 21]] - [[Ernst Messerschmid]], German physicist and astronaut
*[[May 23]] - [[Doris Mae Oulton]], Canadian community developer
*[[May 24]] - [[Priscilla Presley]], American actress
*[[May 28]]
**[[John Fogerty]], American singer
**[[Gary Stewart (singer)|Gary Stewart]], American singer (d. [[2003]])
*[[May 31]] - [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], German film director (d. [[1982]])
===June===
* [[June 1]] - [[Frederica von Stade]], American mezzo-soprano
* [[June 8]] - [[Steven Fromholz]], American singer-songwriter
* [[June 9]] - [[Nike Wagner]], German woman of the theater
* [[June 11]] - [[Adrienne Barbeau]], American film and television actress
* [[June 12]] - [[Pat Jennings]], Northern Irish footballer player
* [[June 14]] - [[Jörg Immendorff]], German painter
* [[June 15]] - [[Françoise Chandernagor]], French writer
* [[June 16]] - [[Claire Alexander]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[June 17]] - [[P. D. T. Acharya]], Secretary General Lok Sabha
**[[Frank Ashmore]], American actor
**[[Art Bell]], American radio talk show host
**[[Anupam Kher]], Indian actor
**[[Eddy Merckx]], Belgian cyclist
* [[June 19]]
**[[Aung San Suu Kyi]], Myanmar poet, politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
**[[Radovan Karadžić]], Serbian politician
* [[June 24]] - [[George Pataki]], former [[New York State]] [[Governor]]
* [[June 25]] - [[Carly Simon]], American singer and songwriter
* [[June 26]] - [[Dwight York]], American musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, and child molester
===July===
* [[July 1]] - [[Debbie Harry]], American singer ([[Blondie (band)|Blondie]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Lu Sheng-yen]], leader of the [[True Buddha School]]
* [[July 6]] - [[Burt Ward]], American actor
* [[July 7]] - [[Michael Ancram]], British politician
* [[July 8]] - [[Micheline Calmy-Rey]], Swiss Federal Councilor
* [[July 9]] - [[Dean R. Koontz]], American writer
* [[July 11]] - [[Richard Wesley]], American playwright and screenwriter
* [[July 15]] - [[Jürgen Möllemann]], German politician (d. [[2003]])
* [[July 16]] - [[Victor Sloan]], Irish artist
* [[July 17]] - [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]]
* [[July 20]] - [[Kim Carnes]], American singer-songwriter
* [[July 20]] - [[Larry Craig]], U.S. senator from [[Idaho]]
* [[July 21]] - [[John Lowe]], English darts player
* [[July 24]] - [[Azim Premji]], Indian businessman
* [[July 26]] - Dame [[Helen Mirren]], British actress
* [[July 28]]
**[[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]], American cartoonist
**[[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]])
===August===
* [[August 1]]
** [[Laila Morse]], American actress
** [[Douglas D. Osheroff]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[August 5]] - [[Loni Anderson]], American actress
*[[August 6]] - [[Ron Jones (television director)|Ron Jones]], director (d. [[1995]])
* [[August 7]] - [[Alan Page]], American football player
* [[August 9]] - [[Posy Simmonds]], English cartoonist
* [[August 14]]
**[[Steve Martin]], American actor and comedian
**[[Eliana Pittman]], Brazilian singer and actress
* [[August 15]] - [[Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda]], Indian guru
* [[August 19]] - [[Ian Gillan]], English singer ([[Deep Purple]])
* [[August 22]] - [[Ron Dante]], American singer, songwriter, and record producer ([[The Archies]])
* [[August 24]] - [[Vince McMahon]], American wrestling promoter
* [[August 31]]
**[[Van Morrison]], Irish musician
**[[Itzhak Perlman]], Israeli-American violinist and conductor
===September===
* [[September 1]] - [[Mustafa Balel]], Turkish writer
* [[September 5]] - [[Al Stewart]], Scottish singer-songwriter
* [[September 8]] - [[Jose Feliciano]], Puerto Rican singer
* [[September 14]] - [[Martin Tyler]], British sports broadcaster
* [[September 15]] - [[Jessye Norman]], American soprano
* [[September 17]] - [[Phil Jackson]], American basketball coach
* [[September 19]] - [[Randolph Mantooth]], American actor
* [[September 21]] - [[Shaw Clifton]], General of The Salvation Army
* [[September 27]] - [[Kay Ryan]], American poet
* [[September 30]]
**[[Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha]], 42nd [[Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi]] leader
**[[Ehud Olmert]], 12th [[Prime Minister of Israel]]
===October===
* [[October 3]] - [[Kay Baxter]], American bodybuilder (d. [[1988]])
* [[October 12]] - [[Aurore Clément]], French actress
* [[October 15]] - [[Jim Palmer]], baseball player
* [[October 18]] - [[Yıldo]], Turkish famous showmen, football player
* [[October 19]] - [[John Lithgow]], American actor
* [[October 22]] - [[Yvan Ponton]], Canadian actor and sportscaster
* [[October 24]] - [[Eugenie Scott]], Executive Director of the [[National Center for Science Education]]
* [[October 25]] - [[David Schramm]], American astrophysicist
* [[October 27]] - [[Luís Inácio Lula da Silva]], [[President of Brazil]]
* [[October 27]] - [[John Kane (writer)|John Kane]], actor/writer
* [[October 30]] - [[Henry Winkler]], American actor
* [[October 31]] - [[Brian Doyle-Murray]], American actor
===November===
*[[November 5]] - [[Jacques Lanctôt]], Canadian terrorist
*[[November 11]] - [[Chris Dreja]], British musician ([[The Yardbirds]])
*[[November 12]]
**[[Michael Bishop (author)|Michael Bishop]], American author
**[[Tracy Kidder]], American journalist and author
**[[Neil Young]], Canadian singer
*[[November 15]] - [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], Norwegian singer ([[ABBA]])
*[[November 16]] - [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]], Harvey Comics cartoon character
*[[November 18]] - [[Wilma Mankiller]], Chief of the Cherowkee nation
*[[November 18]] - [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]], President of [[Sri Lanka]]
*[[November 21]] - [[Goldie Hawn]], American actress
*[[November 23]] - [[Jerry Harris]], American sculptor
*[[November 26]]
**[[Daniel Davis]], American actor
**[[John McVie]], English musician ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
===December===
*[[December 1]] - [[Bette Midler]], American singer and actress
*[[December 6]]
**[[Larry Bowa]], baseball player
**[[Dan Harrington]], American poker player
*[[December 7]] - [[Marion Rung]], Finnish singer
*[[December 8]] - [[John Banville]], Irish novelist and journalist
*[[December 12]] - [[Tony Williams]], American musician (d. [[1997]])
*[[December 20]] - [[Peter Criss|Peter George Criscoula]], American drummer and singer ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]])
*[[December 22]] - [[Diane Sawyer]], American television anchor
*[[December 24]] - [[Lemmy|Ian "Lemmy" Kilminster]], British bassist and singer ([[Motörhead]])
*[[December 28]] - King [[Birendra of Nepal]]
===Unknown dates===
*[[Victor Sloan]], Irish artist
*[[Roger Dobkowitz]], American game show producer
==Deaths==
===January-March===
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*[[January 2]] - [[Bertram Ramsay]], British admiral (b. [[1883]])
*[[January 3]] - [[Edgar Cayce]], American psychic (b. [[1877]])
*[[January 6]] - [[Josefa Llanes Escoda]], Filipino advocate of women's right of [[suffrage]] and founder of the [[Girl Scouts of the Philippines]] (b. [[1898]])
*[[January 9]] - [[Jüri Uluots]], Estonian statesman (b. [[1890]])
*[[January 22]] - [[Else Lasker-Schuler]], German poet (b. [[1869]])
*[[January 31]] - [[Eddie Slovik]], American soldier (b. [[1920]])
*[[February 5]]
**[[Denise Bloch]], French World War II heroine (executed) (b. [[1915]])
**[[Lilian Rolfe]], French World War II heroine (executed) (b. [[1914]])
**[[Violette Szabo]], French World War II heroine (executed) (b. [[1921]])
*[[February 10]] - [[Anacleto Diaz]], Filipino jurist (murdered during [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]]) (b. [[1878]])
*[[February 11]] - [[Al Dubin]], Swiss songwriter (b. [[1891]])
*[[February 12]] - [[Antonio Villa-Real]], Filipino jurist (murdered during [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Battle of Manila]]) (b. [[1878]])
*[[February 14]] - [[Didier Bonvitesse]], Belgian painter and sculptor (b. [[1880]])
*[[February 17]] - [[Gabrielle Weidner]], Belgian World War II heroine (b. [[1914]])
*[[February 21]] - [[Eric Liddell]], Scottish runner (b. [[1902]])
*[[February 25]] - [[Mário de Andrade]], Brazilian writer and photographer (b. [[1893]])
*March - [[Margot Frank]] (b. [[1926]]) and her younger sister [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (typhus) (b. [[1929]])
*[[March 2]] - [[Emily Carr]], Canadian artist (b. [[1871]])
*[[March 16]] - [[Börries von Münchhausen]], German poet (b. [[1874]])
*[[March 18]] - [[William Grover-Williams]], French race car driver and war hero (b. [[1903]])
*[[March 19]] - [[Friedrich Fromm]], Nazi official (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 20]] - [[Lord Alfred Douglas]], English poet (b. [[1870]])
*[[March 22]]
**[[Eliyahu Bet-Zuri]], Israeli assassin (executed) (b. [[1922]])
**[[Eliyahu Hakim]], Israeli assassin (executed) (b. [[1925]])
*[[March 23]] - [[Elisabeth de Rothschild]], French World War II heroine (executed) (b. [[1902]])
*[[March 26]] - [[David Lloyd George]], Welsh [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1863]])
*[[March 30]] - [[Élise Rivet]], French nun and war heroine (b. [[1890]])
*[[March 31]] - [[Hans Fischer]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
===April-June===
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*April-[[Auguste van Pels]], housemate of [[Anne Frank]]
*[[April 5]] - [[Huldreich Georg Früh]] (b. [[1903]])
*[[April 9]]
**[[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]], German theologian (hanged) (b. [[1906]])
**[[Wilhelm Canaris]], head of the German Abwehr (hanged) (b. [[1887]])
*[[April 10]] - [[H.N. Werkman]], Dutch artist and printer (executed) (b. [[1882]])
*[[April 12]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], [[President of the United States]] (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. [[1882]])
*[[April 18]]
**[[Ernie Pyle]], American journalist (sniper fire) (b. [[1900]])
**[[William, Prince of Albania|Prince William of Wied]], sovereign Prince of Albania (b.[[1876]])
*[[April 22]] - [[Käthe Kollwitz]], German artist (b. [[1867]])
*[[April 24]] - [[Ernst-Robert Grawitz]], Reichsphysician SS and Police in the Third Reich (b. [[1899]])
*[[April 28]] - [[Benito Mussolini]], Italian dictator (executed) (b. [[1883]])
*[[April 30]]
**[[Adolf Hitler]], German dictator (suicide) (b. [[1889]])
**[[Eva Braun]], wife of Adolf Hitler (suicide) (b. [[1912]])
**[[William Darby]], creator of the U.S. Army Rangers (b. [[1911]])
*[[May 1]]
**[[Cecily Lefort]], English World War II heroine (executed) (b. [[1900]])
**[[Joseph Goebbels]], Nazi propagandist (suicide) (b. [[1897]])
**[[Magda Goebbels]], wife of Joseph Goebbels (suicide) (b. [[1901]])
*[[May 5]] - [[Peter van Pels]], love interest of diarist [[Anne Frank]] (b. [[1926]])
*[[May 14]] - [[Heber J. Grant]], seventh president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1856]])
*[[May 15]] - [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]], British author (b. [[1886]])
*[[May 18]] - [[William Joseph Simmons]], founder of the second [[KKK]] (b. [[1880]])
*[[May 19]] - [[Philipp Bouhler]], German Nazi Leader
*[[May 23]] - [[Heinrich Himmler]], head of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] (suicide) (b. [[1900]])
*[[June 8]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet and French resistance fighter (b. [[1900]])
*[[June 15]] - [[Nikola Avramov]], Bulgarian painter (b. [[1897]])
*[[June 16]] - [[Nikolai Berzarin]], Russian Red Army General (b.[[1904]])
===July-September===
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*[[July 5]] - [[John Curtin]], fourteenth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1885]])
*[[July 20]] - [[Paul Valéry]], French poet (b. [[1871]])
*[[August 2]] - [[Pietro Mascagni]], Italian composer (b. [[1863]])
*[[August 9]] - [[Harry Hillman]], American athlete (b. [[1881]])
*[[August 10]] - [[Robert Goddard (scientist)|Robert Goddard]], American rocket scientist (b. [[1882]])
*[[August 15]] - [[Korechika Anami]], Japanese general (b. [[1887]])
*[[August 18]] - [[Subhash Chandra Bose]], Indian political leader (b. [[1897]])
*[[August 19]] - [[Tomas Burgos]], Chilean philanthropist (b.[[1875]])
*[[August 31]] - [[Stefan Banach]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1892]])
*[[September 12]] - [[Sugiyama Hajime]], Japanese general (b. [[1880]])
*[[September 15]] - [[Anton Webern]], Austrian composer (b. [[1883]])
*[[September 24]] - [[Johannes Hans Geiger]], German physicist and inventor (b. [[1882]])
*[[September 26]] - [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1881]])
===October-December===
* [[October 13]] - [[Milton Hershey]], American chocolate tycoon (b. [[1857]])
* [[October 15]] - [[Pierre Laval]], [[Prime Minister of France]] (executed) (b. [[1883]])
* [[October 19]] - [[N.C. Wyeth]], American illustrator (b. [[1882]])
* [[October 24]] - [[Vidkun Quisling]], Norwegian traitor (executed) (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 25]] - [[Robert Ley]], Nazi politician (suicide} (b. [[1890]])
* [[October 26]] - [[Paul Pelliot]], French explorer (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 31]] - [[Henry Ainley]], actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[November 8]] - [[August von Mackensen]], German field marshal (b. [[1849]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Jerome Kern]], American composer (b. [[1885]])
* [[November 20]] - [[Francis William Aston]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1877]])
* [[November 21]] - [[Robert Benchley]], American humorist, theater critic, and actor (b. [[1889]])
* [[December 4]] - [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1866]])
* [[December 5]] - [[Cosmo Lang]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1864]])
* [[December 13]] - [[Josef Kramer]], commandant of [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] (executed) (b. [[1906]])
* [[December 16]] - [[Fumimaro Konoe]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (suicide) (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 21]] - [[George S. Patton]], U.S. general (car accident) (b. [[1885]])
* [[December 28]] - [[Theodore Dreiser]], American author (b. [[1871]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Wolfgang Pauli]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - Sir [[Alexander Fleming]], [[Ernst Boris Chain]], Sir [[Howard Walter Florey]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Gabriela Mistral]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Cordell Hull]]
==Ship events==
* [[List of ship launches in 1945]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1945]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1945]]
* [[List of shipwrecks in 1945]]
==Notes==
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