1945 Calendar

January 8, 1945 – World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units was enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.

February 13, 1945 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.

February 14, 1945 – World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.

April 28, 1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.

May 4, 1945 – World War II: The North Germany Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

September 7, 1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.

October 6, 1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).

October 18, 1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón.

November 16, 1945 – Cold War: Operation Paperclip – the United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology.

March 31, 1945 – Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian

April 8, 1945 – Derrick Walker, British racing team owner

July 20, 1945 – Harrison Ellenshaw, American matte painter

August 10, 1945 – Laura Spurr, American Indian tribal chair (d. 2010)

August 19, 1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)

September 10, 1945 – Gerard Henderson, Australian public affairs columnist and commentator

September 24, 1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and television anchor

October 1, 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player

October 13, 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese politician

December 30, 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)