1945 Calendar
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1945 Historical Event(s)
January 30, 1945
– World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
February 13, 1945
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
March 18, 1945
– World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
April 15, 1945
– The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
July 26, 1945
– The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
August 8, 1945
– World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
September 8, 1945
– Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
September 15, 1945
– A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
September 30, 1945
– The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
November 29, 1945
– The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
Who Were Born On 1945?
January 5, 1945
– Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986)
February 17, 1945
– Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
March 12, 1945
– Sammy Gravano, American organized crime figure
April 6, 1945
– Neal Boortz, American radio personality
June 4, 1945
– Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009)
June 22, 1945
– Rainer Brüderle, German politician
July 20, 1945
– Bo Rein, American football coach (d. 1980)
September 11, 1945
– Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
October 13, 1945
– Dési Bouterse, Surinamese politician
December 28, 1945
– Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)