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1945 Calendar

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•  February 8, 1945 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.
•  February 13, 1945 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
•  March 9, 1945 – The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
•  April 2, 1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
•  April 13, 1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
•  April 22, 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
•  April 26, 1945 – World War II: Battle of Bautzen – last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
•  May 5, 1945 – World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
•  June 26, 1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
•  October 17, 1945 – A massive number of people, headed by CGT and Evita, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron’s release. It calls “el día de la lealtad peronista” (peronista loyalty day)

•  February 1, 1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian politician
•  March 4, 1945 – Tony Allen, English comedian and writer
•  April 2, 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
•  May 6, 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
•  September 11, 1945 – Felton Perry, American actor
•  October 15, 1945 – Jere Burns, American actor
•  October 25, 1945 – Peter Ledger, Australian artist (d. 1994)
•  December 10, 1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, former Kazakhstani Minister of Defense and General of the Army of Kazakhstan
•  December 16, 1945 – Yukio Hattori, Japanese television commentator
•  December 17, 1945 – Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)