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Events

January

• January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
• January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
• January 12 - World War II: The Soviets begin a very large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis.
• January 13 - Soviet patrol arrests Raoul Wallenberg in Hungary.
• January 16 - Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker
• January 17 - World War II: Soviets occupy Warsaw
• January 17 - Holocaust: Nazis begin to evacuate from Auschwitz concentration camp
• January 20 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to an unprecedented fourth term as

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• January 20 - Hungary drops out of the Second World War, agreeing to an armistice with the Allies.
• January 24 - First successful launch of A4b-Rocket
• January 27 - The Red Army arrives at Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland and find the Nazi concentration camp where 1.1-1.5 million people were murdered.
• January 28 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
• January 30 - The Wilhelm Gustloff with about 10,000 Nazi troops and refugees from Gotenhafen in the Gdansk Bay sunk with three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-13. More 9,300 drowned in the Baltic Sea.
• January 31 - Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion

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February

• February 2 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leave to meet with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference.
• February 3 - World War II: Russia agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.
• February 4 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin begin the Yalta Conference (ends February 11)
• February 7 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila
• February 8 - World War II: United States fire bombs Dresden, Germany killing 35,000 citizens.
• February 9 - Walter Ulbricht becomes the leader of German communists in Moscow
• February 10 - World War II: The SS General von Steuben sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13.
• February 13 - World War II: Soviet Union forces capture Budapest, Hungary from the Nazis.
• February 13 - World War II: The British Air Force bombs Dresden, Germany.
• February 14 - Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru join the United Nations.
• February 16 - World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
• February 16 - American forces recapture the Bataan Peninsula
• February 19 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States Marines landed on Iwo Jima starting the battle.
• February 21 - Last launch of an A4-rocket at Peenemünde
• February 23 - World War II: Following the American victory at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Surabachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo will later win a Pulitzer Prize.
• February 23 - World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces.
• February 23 - World War II: 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.

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March

• March 1 - Jesse Holman Jones starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, serving under President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• March 2 - Launch of the 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.
• March 3 - World War II: Previously neutral Finland declares war on the Axis powers.
• March 3 - A possible experimental atomic test blast occurs at the Nazis' Ohrdruf military testing area [1]  (http://www.recorder.ca/cp/World/050314/w031435A.html).
• March 6 - Communist-led government formed in Romania
• March 7 - World War II: 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 Yugoslavia
• March 9 – March 10 - World War II: American B-29 bombers attack Japan with incendiary bombs. Tokyo is fire-bombed killing 100,000 citizens.
• March 16 - World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
• March 17 - World War II: Japanese city of Kobe is fire-bombed by 331 B-29 bombers, killing over 8,000.
• March 18 - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
• March 19 - World War II: Adolf Hitler orders that all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
• March 19 - Off the coast of Japan, bombers hit the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
• March 21 - World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma
• March 22 - The Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.
• March 30 - World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna.

• From February 14, 1936, to March 1, 1945, AG Weser launched a total of 162 U-boats.

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April

• April 1 - World War II: United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war. The Battle of Okinawa starts.
• April 4 - World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf death camp in Germany.
• April 7 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while in-route to a suicide mission.
• April 9 - Abwehr conspirators Wilhelm Canaris, Hans Oster, and Hans Dohanyi are hanged at Flossenberg concentration camp along with pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
• April 10 - The Allied Forces liberated their first Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald.
• April 12 - United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) takes the Oath of Office.
• April 15 - Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberated.
• April 16 - World War II: The Goya sunk by the Soviet submarine L-3.
• April 25 - Founding negotiations of United Nations in San Francisco
• April 25 - World War II: Elbe Day, United States and Russian troops link up at the Elbe River, cutting Germany in two
• April 28 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are hanged upside down by Italian partisans as they attempt to flee the country.
• April 30 - Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as Red Army approaches Führerbunker in Berlin. Karl Dönitz succeeds Hitler as President of Germany. Joseph Goebbels succeeds Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.

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May

The Red Army hoists the Flag of the Soviet Union over the ruins of the Reichstag building

From left to right Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, George VI and Princess Margaret celebrate VE Day on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

• May 1 - 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.
• May 2 - World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin. Soviet soldiers hoist the red flag over the Reichstag building.
• May 2 - World War II: Troops of Yugoslav 4th Army together with Slovene 9th Corpus NOV liberate Trieste.
• May 2 - The last postage stamp utilized by Manzhouguo is issued.
• May 3 - World War II: Sinkings of the floating-jails Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the RAF in the Lübeck Bay.
• May 3 - 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: Liberation of the concentration camp Neuengamme near Hamburg by the British army.
• May 4 - World War II: Reddition of the North Germany army by Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
• May 5 - Ezra Pound, poet and author, is arrested by American soldiers in Italy for treason.
• May 5 - World War II: US armored unit liberates prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp - including Simon Wiesenthal
• May 5 - World War II: Canadian soldiers liberate the city of Amsterdam from Nazi occupation.
• May 5 - World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
• May 6 - World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).
• May 7 - World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.
• May 8 - World War II: V-E Day (Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders) commemorates the end of World War II in Europe.
• May 8 - World War II: British 8th Army together with Slovene partisan troops and motorized detachment of Yugoslav 4th Army arrives to Carinthia and Klagenfurt.
• May 8-29 - In Algeria, French troops and released Italian POWs defeat rebellion of Algerians
• May 9 - World War II: Hermann Göring is captured by the United States Army; Norway arrests Vidkun Quisling; Soviet Union marks V-E Day.
• May 9 - World War II: General Alexander Löhr Commander of German Army Group E near Topolšica, Slovenia, signs capitulation of German occupation troops.
• May 9 - World War II: Alderney, annex of the concentration camp Neuengamme liberated.
• May 15 - the last battle of WWII at Poljana near Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
• May 23 - President of Germany Karl Dönitz and Chancellor of Germany Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk are arrested by British forces at Flensburg. They would respectively be the last German Head of state and Head of government until 1949.
• May 23 - Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide in British custody.
• May 25 - In Atlantic, ships can finally keep their lights lit. Szilard begs Harry S. Truman not to use the bomb. [2]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• 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 of 1946.
• May 29 - Group of German communists, Ulbricht in the lead, arrive in Berlin
• May 30 - Iranian government demands that Soviet and British troops leave the country

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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 reelected as Canadian prime minister. Franck Committee recommends against a surprise nuclear bombing of Japan. [3]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• June 21 - World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends.
• June 24 - World War II: Victory parade in Red Square
• June 25 - Seán T. O'Kelly is elected the second President of Ireland.
• June 26 - United Nations charter signed.

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July

• July 1 - World War II: Germany is divided between Allied occupation forces
• July 5 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
• July 8 - World War II: Harry S. Truman informed that Japan will talk peace if she can keep the Emperor. [4]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• 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 Test, the first test of an atomic bomb, using 6 kilograms of plutonium, succeeds in detonating, unleashing an explosion equivalent to that of 19 kilotons of TNT.
• July 17 - World War II: Potsdam Conference - At Potsdam, the three main Allied leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2.
• July 21 - World War II: Harry S. Truman approves order for atomic bombs to be used. [5]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• July 23 - World War II: French marshall Philippe Pétain, who headed the Vichy government during World War II goes on trial, charged with treason.
• July 26 - Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's prime minister after his Conservative Party is soundly defeated by the Labour Party. 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. [6]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• July 28 - An Army Air Force B-25 bomber accidentally crashes into the Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
• July 28 - World War II: Japan rejects Potsdam Declaration [7]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html).
• July 29 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched, aimed at mainstream light entertainment and music.
• July 30 - World War II: The 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 Butler MacVey III is later court-martialed.
• July 31 - World War II: Pierre Laval, fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.

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August

The mushroom cloud from the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki rising 18km into the air

• August 6 - World War II: The United States detonates an atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan at 8:16 AM (local time).
• August 8 - The United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States, and that nation becomes the third to join the new international organization. Soviets declare war on Japan.
• August 9 - World War II: The United States detonates an atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over the city of Nagasaki, Japan at 11:02 AM (local time). World War II: The Soviet Union begins its offensive against Japan in the then Japanese controlled Chinese region of Manchuria. [8] (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1986/RMF.htm)
• August 10 - World War II: US drops warning leaflets on Nagasaki. [9]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• August 13 - Zionist World Congress approaches British government to talk about founding of Israel.
• August 15 - World War II: Imperial Japan surrenders, but retains the Emperor. 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.
• August 15 - Korea gains independence following Japan's surrender
• August 17 - Indonesian nationalists Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta declare the independence of Republic of Indonesia, Sukarno as a president. Dutch colonial authorities do not approve
• 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 Communists and the Nationalists.

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September

• September 2 - World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan was accepted by General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz from a delegation led by Mamoru Shigemitsu, aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. But in Japan August 14 is well recognized as the day the Pacific War ended.
• September 2 - Ho Chi Minh promulgates the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, and unity from the north to the south.
• September 4 - World War II: Japanese 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 8 - US troops occupy southern Korea, Russians occupy the north. This arrangement proves to be the beginning of a divided Korea.
• September 8 - Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister during most of World War II, attempts suicide to avoid facing a war crimes tribunal.
• September 12 - Japanese army formally surrendered in Singapore.
• September 20 - Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that British troops leave India

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October

Flag of the newly formed United Nations

• October 1 to October 15 - Launch of three A4 rockets near Cuxhaven in order to show Allied forces the rocket with liquid fuel (Operation Backfire)
• October 10 - Russian code clerk Igor Gouzenko defects to Canada. He helps the West gain an understanding of Soviet spy rings in North America.
• October 15 - World War II: Former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed by firing squad for treason.
• October 17 - Colonel Juan Peron stages a coup d'état, becoming ruler of Argentina.
• October 18 - The first German war crimes trial begins in Nuremberg.
• 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.
• October 24 - Execution of Vidkun Quisling, leader of Norwegian nazis
• October 27 - Indonesian separatists riot and fight Dutch and British security forces
• October 29 - Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns
• October 29 - At Gimbels Department Store in New York City the first ballpoint pens go on sale (price: $12.50 each).

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November

• November 1 - John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of Ebony Magazine.
• November 13 - Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France.
• November 15 - Harry S. Truman, Clement Attlee, and Mackenzie King call for a UN Atomic Energy Commission.[10]  (http://www.nuclearfiles.org/hitimeline/1945.html)
• November 16 - Cold War: The United States controversially imports 88 German scientists to help in the production of rocket technology.
• November 20 - Nuremberg Trials begin: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals of World War II start at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
• November 29 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared (this day was celebrated as Republic Day until 1990s). Marshal Tito is named president.
• November - Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (ENIAC), is completed. It covers 1800 feet of floor space. The first set of calculations is run on the computer.

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... John Harold Johnson is an author, entrepreneur, and founder of The Johnson Publishing Company. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Portrait of General Charles de Gaulle. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... Not to be confused with William Lyon Mackenzie, Mackenzie Kings grandfather. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... The Cold War ( 1947- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Nuremberg Trials is the general name for two sets of trials of Nazis involved in World War II and the Holocaust. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Nuremberg Palace of Justice is a building complex in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany which is most famous for being the location of the famous Nuremberg Trials that were held after the Second World War for the henchmen of Adolf Hitler, between 1945 and 1949 for those who were still presumed to... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first all-electronic computer designed to be Turing-complete, capable of being reprogrammed by rewiring to solve a full range of computing problems. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first all-electronic computer designed to be Turing-complete, capable of being reprogrammed by rewiring to solve a full range of computing problems. ...

December

• December 4 - By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN was established on October 24, 1945).
• December 2 - General Eurico Gaspar Dutra elected president of Brazil
• December 20 - Gen. George S. Patton dies in a car accident at the age of 60.
• December 27 - Twenty-eight nations sign an agreement creating the World Bank.
• December 27 - Terror strikes against British military bases in Palestine.

December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization made up of 191 states established in 1945. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Eurico Gaspar Dutra, (1883-1974), was a Brazilian general, politician and president of Brazil from 1946-1951. ... The Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America, and fifth largest in the world. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... General George Smith Patton Jr. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means of financing states. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The British Mandate of Palestine was a swathe of territory in the Middle East, formerly belonging to the Ottoman Empire, which the League of Nations entrusted to the United Kingdom to administer in the aftermath of World War I as a Mandate Territory. ...

Unknown date

• Foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• Poland has two rival governments
• Discovery of 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
• Doctor Marcel Petiot kills 27 war refugees for their money

Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations programs seek to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and, by these means, to eliminate hunger. ... Nag Hammâdi is a village in the middle of Egypt, called Chenoboskion in classical antiquity, about 225 kilometres north-west of Aswan with some 30. ... Han van Meegeren byname of Henricus Antonius van Meegeren (Deventer, October 10, 1889 - Valeriuskliniek Amsterdam, December 30, 1947) was a Dutch painter and master art forger. ... Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Hermann Goering in English) ( January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a prominent and early member of the Nazi party, founder of the Gestapo, and one of the main architects of Nazi Germany. ... The international movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (commonly called suffragettes), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (i. ... The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central America, in the south of the continent of North America, bordering both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. ... Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ... Saskatchewan Government Insurance or SGI is a crown corporation owned and operated by the Government of Saskatchewan. ... Auto insurance is insurance consumers can purchase for cars, trucks, and other vehicles. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ... The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. ... Iceland - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The term Palestine may refer to: Palestine: A geographical region in the Middle East, centered on Jerusalem. ... Doctor Marcel Petiot (1897-1946) was a French doctor who was convicted of multiple murder after the discovery of the remains of twenty-six people in his home in Paris after World War II. Early life Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot was born January 17, 1897 at Auxerre, France. ...

Ongoing events

• Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Year in topic

• 1945 in film
  • The Lost Weekend. Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture; Ray Milland, Best Actor; Billy Wilder, Best Director, Best Screenplay
  • Mildred Pierce Winner of Academy Award for Joan Crawford, Best Actress.
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
  • With Rossellini's Roma, Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. The movie stars Anna Magnani.
  • Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled "The Friendly Ghost", featuring ghost named Casper
  • Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert's The Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) is released following the liberation of France
• 1945 in literature
• 1945 in music
  • Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, makes his first record for Victor
  • Hit songs of 1945:
    • "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" - Johnny Mercer
    • "You Belong to My Heart" - Bing Crosby and Xavier CugatOrch
    • "Rum and Coca-Cola" - The Andrews Sisters
    • "It Might as Well be Spring" - Dick Haymes
    • "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time" - Doris Day and Les Brown
  • Bebop begins to emerge as popular style of jazz to contrast music of the big bands. Development of bebop is attributed in large part to trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker
• 1945 in rail transport
• 1945 in sports
  • Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
  • Detroit Tigers win World Series
• 1945 in television

See also: 1944 in film 1945 1946 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... The Lost Weekend is a 1945 motion picture directed by Billy Wilder for Paramount Pictures, starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Ray Milland (January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor who worked primarily in the United States. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 - March 27, 2002) had a career as a screenwriter, film director and producer that spanned more than 50 years and more than 60 films. ... Mildred Pierce is a novel (1941) by James M. Cain; and a feature film (Michael Curtiz; US, 1945) starring Joan Crawford which is based upon this novel. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904 — May 10 - 1977) was an Academy Award winning American actress. ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. ... There have been at least two movies with the title Spellbound: Spellbound, a 1945 movie about a mental asylum directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Ingrid Bergman (b. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 - June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... Roberto Rossellini (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. ... The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. ... Neorealism is a cultural movement in cinema that, following the realism in literature, brings elements of true life in the stories it describes, in contrast with a tendency to depict a world mainly existing in imagination only. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Anna Magnani ( March 7, 1908 – September 26, 1973) was an Italian actress. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ... A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. ... Casper the Friendly Ghost is the main character of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. ... Marcel Carné (August 18, 1906 - October 31, 1996) was an important French film director. ... Jacques Prévert (February 4, 1900 - April 11, 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. ... This article is about Children of Paradise, the film. ... See also: 1944 in literature, other events of 1945, 1946 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1944 in music, other events of 1945, 1946 in music and the list of years in music. Events 1 September - Trio Lescanos last concert on the Italian radio Frank Sinatra leaves Your Hit Parade to appear on Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra and, starting that September, Old... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. ... Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a pop music composer. ... Bing wooed fans with a sensuous voice, wit, and good looks. ... Xavier Cugat (1 January 1900 - 27 October 1990) was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader who many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any other musician. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... Dick Haymes (born September 13, 1918 in Buenos Aires - died March 29, 1980 in Los Angeles) was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s. ... Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff on April 3, 1924 in Evanston, Ohio) is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ... Les Brown Sr. ... Bebop or bop is a form of jazz which uses a fast tempo and complex improvisational techniques. ... A big bang, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. ... Dizzy Gillespie photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Dizzy Gillespie ( October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) was born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... This is about the jazz musician and composer. ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1945. ... See also: 1944 in sports, 1946 in sports and the list of years in sports. Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II. Baseball January 28: Hall of Fame election: Baseball writers fail to elect a new inductee. ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ... Detroit Tigers American League AAA Toledo Mud Hens AA Erie SeaWolves A Lakeland Tigers West Michigan Whitecaps Oneonta Tigers R GCL Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... See also: 1944 in television, other events of 1945, 1946 in television and the list of years in television. Events Popular Television Shows The Voice of Firestone Televues (1943-1947) Births January 29 - Tom Selleck, actor February 9 - Mia Farrow, actress February 16 - Frank Welker, voice actor February 17 - David...

Science and Technology

• Arthur C. Clarke puts forward idea of a communications satellite in a Wireless World magazine article
• At Mayo Clinic, streptomycin first used to treat tuberculosis
• Percy Spencer accidentally discovers that microwaves can heat food. Invention of microwave oven follows.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Newburgh, New York become the first cities to add fluoride to drinking water
• The first nuclear reactor outside of the U.S. is built in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada.
• High-altitude west-to-east winds across Pacific, discovered by Japanese in 1942 and by Americans in 1944, are dubbed "jet stream"
• Salvador Edward Luria and Alfred Day Hershey independently recognize that viruses undergo mutations
• Herbicide 2,4-D is introduced. Later used as a component of Agent Orange
• Team led by Charles DuBois Coryell discovers element 61, the only one still missing between 1 and 96 on Periodic Table. New element is called promethium

Arthur C. Clarke, progenitor of communication satellites, is considered by many to be a grand master of science fiction. ... For other uses, please see Satellite (disambiguation) A satellite is an object that orbits another object (known as its primary). ... The Mayo Clinic is a world-renowned medical practice operated by the Mayo Foundation, a not-for-profit organization based in Rochester, Minnesota. ... Streptomycin was the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. ... Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 9, 1894 - September 8, 1970), an American, was the inventor of the microwave oven. ... Microwave oven A microwave oven is a kitchen appliance employing microwave radiation primarily to cook food. ... Grand River, Grand Rapids, Michigan, c. ... Newburgh is both a city and a town in Orange County, New York. ... The Chalk River Laboratories also Chalk River Labs and formerly the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories is a Canadian nuclear research facility located in Deep River, Ontario. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jet streams are fast flowing, confined air currents found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. ... Salvador Edward Luria (August 13, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was a naturalized American microbiologist whose pioneering work on phage helped open up molecular biology. ... Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 - May 22, 1997) was a Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist. ... A common alternate meaning of virus is computer virus. ... This article is about mutation in biology, for other meanings see: mutation (disambiguation). ... A herbicide is a pesticide used to kill unwanted plants. ... Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used widely by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. ... Generally, an element is a basic part that is the foundation of something. ... The periodic table of the chemical elements, also called the Mendeleev periodic table, is a tabular display of the known chemical elements. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Promethium, Pm, 61 Chemical series Lanthanides Group, Period, Block _ , 6 , f Density, Hardness 7264 kg/m3, no data Appearance metallic Atomic properties Atomic weight 145 u Atomic radius (calc. ...

Births

January-February

• January 3 - Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), singer, songwriter
• January 3 - Victoria Principal, actress
• January 10 - Rod Stewart, singer
• January 19 - Maria Jespen, theologian
• January 26 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
• January 27 - Nick Mason, musician of Pink Floyd
• January 28 - Marthe Keller, actress
• January 29 - Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I.)
• January 30 - Michael Dorris, author (d. 1997)
• February 3 - Bob Griese, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• February 5 - Charlotte Rampling, actress
• February 6 - Bob Marley, Jamaican roots rock reggae singer and musician (d. 1981)
• February 7 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor
• February 9 - Mia Farrow, actress
• February 14 - Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein
• February 17 - Brenda Fricker, actress
• February 24 - Barry Bostwick, actor
• February 28 - Bubba Smith, American football player, actor (Police Academy)

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Stephen Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (at first it was Crosby, Stills and Nash; Young joined the group after their first album). ... Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. ... Victoria Principal, in a still from Dallas. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Roderick David Stewart Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is an English singer of Scottish descent. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jacqueline Mary du Pré (1945-1987) was an English cellist. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nicholas Berkeley (Nick) Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer and occasional composer for Pink Floyd. ... Ummagumma album cover Pink Floyd is a British progressive band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style and elaborate live shows. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Tom Selleck, sans his trademark moustache. ... Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Michael Dorris (January 30, 1945 - April 10, 1997) was a prominent Native American author who committed suicide. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Bob Griese (born 1945 in United States football player. ... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling, (born February 5, 1945 in Sturmer, Essex, England, United Kingdom) is a British actress and former model (her height is 57). She attended Jeanne dArc Academie pour Jeunnes Filles in Versailles and St. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley ( February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Saint Ann, Jamaica. ... Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean Sea, located south of Cuba and to the west of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. ... Roots Reggae is the name given to Rastafarian reggae music from Jamaica, which evolved from Ska and Rocksteady and made famous by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Marley. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Pete Postlethwaite (born February 7, 1945) is a British actor. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mia Farrow, an American actress, born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but always known as Mia, February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director John Farrow (1904-1963) and his wife Maureen OSullivan (1911-1998), the actress who played Jane to Johnny Weissmullers Tarzan. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... His Serene Highness Hans-Adam II (Johannes Hans Adam Ferdinand Aloys Josef Maria Marko dAviano Pius), styled HSH The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein (born February 14, 1945), is the son of Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (1906-1989) and his wife Gina von Wilczek (1921-1989). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Barry Bostwick, (born February 24, 1945 in San Mateo, California), is an American actor, particularly associated with made-for-television movies and mini-series. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Charles Aaron Bubba Smith (born February 28, 1945 in Orange, Texas) is a former professional American football player in the 1960s and 1970s who became an actor in the 1980s. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This page is about the movie series; for the training school for police, see police academy. ...

March-April

• March 1 - Dirk Benedict, movie and television actor (The A-Team)
• March 7 - John Heard, actor
• March 8 - Jim Chapman, American politician
• March 8 - Micky Dolenz, actor, director, musician ("The Monkees")
• March 8 - Anselm Kiefer, painter
• March 19 - Cem Karaca, Turkish rock musician
• March 22 - Paul Schockemöhle, equestrian
• March 29 - Walt Frazier, basketball player
• March 30 - Eric Clapton, blues guitarist
• April 2 - Linda Hunt, actress
• April 4 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, political activist
• April 9 - Peter Gammons, baseball sportswriter, journalist
• April 13 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
• April 13 - Tony Dow, Child actor
• April 25 - Björn Ulvaeus, songwriter, member of the group ABBA
• April 27 - August Wilson, playwright

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Dirk Benedict (born March 1, 1945) is a movie and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Face in the The A-Team television series and Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica television series. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... The A-Team (1983 - 1987) was a television show about a group of fictional ex-US Army commandos on the run from the military. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... James Louis Jim Chapman (born March 8, 1945 in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician who was a Democratic Congressman representing the 1st District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1985 until 1997. ... George Michael Dolenz (born March 8, 1945), better known as Micky Dolenz, is an American actor, musician, and director. ... The Monkees in 1968 (left to right): Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith & Davy Jones The Monkees were a four-person band who appeared in an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ... This article should be translated from material at de:Anselm Kiefer. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Cem Karaca (March 19, 1945 - February 8, 2004) was one of the pioneers of Anatolian rock music in Turkey. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Walter Frazier (born March 29, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former basketball player in the NBA. Frazier is one of the few players to have played won a national championship in college basketball as well as a world championship in professional basketball. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Eric Clapton CBE (born Eric Patrick Clapp on March 30, 1945 in The Green, Ripley, Surrey), is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Linda Hunt (born April 2, 1945 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA) is an American actress. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ash Wednesday 2004 at Biberach/Riss Daniel Cohn-Bendit (born April 4, 1945) was a leader of the student protesters during May 1968 in France. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945) is a sportswriter and media personality. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Sportswriting is a form of journalism who writes and reports on sports topics and events. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... Bob Kalsu (April 13, 1945 - July 21, 1970) was an All-America tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round draft pick by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1968. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Tony Dow (born April 13, 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA) was an American child actor and has also been a producer and director. ... The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born April 25, 1945) is a Swedish musician and composer, most notable as a member of ABBA. Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. ... ABBA on the cover of their album The Definitive Collection (2001) ABBA were a Swedish pop music group, the most successful to date from that country. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... August Wilson (1945) is a American playwright, who has achieved widespread acclaim for his stage plays, which focus primarily on the African American experience in the 20th century. ...

May-June

• May 2 - Sarah Weddington, attorney in Roe v. Wade case
• May 4 - Narasinham Ram, journalist
• May 6 - Bob Seger, rock music singer
• May 6 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, musician
• May 8 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
• May 13 - Magic Dick, musician (The J. Geils Band)
• May 15 - Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza presumptive heir to Portuguese crown
• May 17 - Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
• May 19 - Pete Townshend, guitarist, lyricist
• May 21 - Ernst Messerschmid, physicist and astronaut
• May 28 - John Fogerty, singer
• May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director
• June 1 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
• June 12 - Pat Jennings, football player
• June 15 - Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent
• June 17 - Art Bell - radio talk show host
• June 17 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cycling champion
• June 17 - Anupam Kher, actor, India
• June 19 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar poet, politician and Nobel peace laureate
• June 25 - Carly Simon, singer, songwriter
• June 26 - Dwight York, musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester

May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Categories: People stubs ... Holding Texas laws criminalizing abortion violated womens Fourteenth Amendment right to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Narasinham Ram (born May 4, 1945) is editor-in-chief of The Hindu, Frontline, Business Line and Sportstar. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Robert Clark Bob Seger (May 6, 1945-) was an important figure in American rock and roll and pop music in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to be influential today. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is a country singer, songwriter, recording artist and producer, currently living in Austin, Texas. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is considered among the most important living jazz piano players. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... The J. Geils Band was a very popular rock and roll band, playing to large arena crowds in the United States in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Duarte Pio of Bragança Duarte Pio of Bragança (born May 15, 1945) is the 24th Duke of Bragança and the presumptive heir to the throne of Portugal. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Tony Roche (b 1945) was an Australian tennis player. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Ealing, London) is a rock guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with The Who. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Ernst Messerschmid (born May 21, 1945) is a German physicist and veteran astronaut. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... John Fogerty (born May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his time with the southern rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... Fassbinder 1977 Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 - June 10, 1982), German movie director and actor, was one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Frederica von Stade (b. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Patrick Anthony Jennings OBE, (born June 12, 1945 in Newry), is a former Northern Irish football player. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... HRH Princess Michael of Kent Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent (Marie-Christine Anne Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor née von Reibnitz) (born June 15, 1945), is a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of HRH Prince Michael of Kent, a grandson of King George V. Princess Michael... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Arthur Art Bell, Jr. ... Biography Baron Eddy Merckx (born June 17, 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium) is considered by many to be the greatest cyclist ever1. ... Anupam Kher (born June 17, 1945) is an actor in Hindi films in India. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ေအာင္ဆန္းဆုဳကည္) born June 19, 1945 in democracy activist in Myanmar. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer_songwriter boom. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... (26 June 1945— ) a. ...

July-October

• July 7 - Michael Ancram (Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram), British politician
• July 8 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• July 9 - Dean R. Koontz, fiction author
• July 15 - Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003)
• July 24 - Azim Premji, Indian businessman
• July 28 - Jim Davis, cartoonist
• July 28 - Richard Wright, keyboard player with Pink Floyd
• August 7 - Alan Page, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• August 9 - Posy Simmonds, cartoonist
• August 14 - Steve Martin, actor and comedian
• August 15 - Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, Hindu Guru
• August 31 - Van Morrison, musician
• August 31 - Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist
• September 3 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician
• September 8 - Jose Feliciano, singer
• September 15 - Jessye Norman, American soprano
• October 12 - Aurore Clément, French actress
• October 15 - Jim Palmer, Baseball Hall of Famer
• October 25 - David Schramm, astrophysicist
• October 27 - Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President
• October 30 - Henry Winkler, actor (Happy Days)

July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael Ancram, is a British politician with the Conservative Party. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Micheline Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a Swiss politician. ... The table below shows the members of the Swiss Federal Council or Federal Councilors (in German: Bundesräte, in French: conseillers fédéraux, in Italian: consiglieri federali) for any given year since instauration of the federal council (in German: Bundesrat, in French: conseil fédéral, in Italian: consiglio... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Dean Ray Koontz, born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania, is a fiction author. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Jürgen W. Möllemann (July 15, 1945 - June 5, 2003) was a German politician. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Azim Premji (born July 24, 1945) is an Indian businessman, and the richest person in the country (from 1999 to 2004 according to Forbes). ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Jim Davis with Odie on the left and Garfield on the right Jim Davis (born July 28, 1945), is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield in 1978; Garfield is now one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... Ummagumma album cover Pink Floyd is a British progressive band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style and elaborate live shows. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Alan C. Page (born August 7, 1945) is a former American football player and member of the Minnesota Supreme Court. ... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Rosemary Elizabeth Posy Simmonds (born 9 August 1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of childrens books. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Orange County, California. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda (Swamiji), born on August 15, 1945 in Rupawas, Rajasthan, India, and has been living in Vienna, Austria since 1972. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A guru (गुरू Sanskrit) is a Hindu religious teacher. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Van Morrison (b. ... Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Moro, photographed during his detention by the BR Aldo Moro (September 23, 1916 _ May 9, 1978) was twice Prime Minister of Italy. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945 in Lares), is a Puerto Rican singer. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Jessye Norman The American soprano Jessye Norman (born 15 September 1945) is one of the most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Aurore Clément (born October 12, 1945) is a French actress. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945 in New York, NY), best known as Jim Palmer and nicknamed Cakes, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1984). ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... David Norman Schramm was an astrophysicist. ... An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born October 6, 1945) is a left-wing Brazilian politician. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an actor, director and producer who is most famous for his role as Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974 - 1984). ... This article needs cleanup. ...

November-December

• November 5 - Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ terrorist
• November 12 - Neil Young, (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), singer, songwriter
• November 15 - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian singer, member of the group ABBA
• November 26 - Daniel Davis, actor (The Nanny)
• November 26 - John McVie, musician
• December 24 - Lemmy Kilmister, British bass player, singer(Motörhead)

November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... Jacques Lanctôt (born November 5, 1945, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was an important member of the Quebec terrorist group the FLQ. Lanctôt joined the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) group in 1963 at the age of 17 and was involved in several violent demonstrations in Quebec... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Neil Young with guitar (from the 1991 Weld tour) Neil Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian musician and filmmaker. ... Crosby, Stills, & Nash (sometimes known as Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) is a pioneering folk rock/rock supergroup that formed out of the remnants of three 1960s bands the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Hollies. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Anni-Frid-Synni Frida Lyngstad (born November 15, 1945) is best known as one of the four singers in the pop group ABBA. Anni_Frid was born illegitimately in Ballangen, near Narvik, Norway as a result of a liaison between Synni _ her mother _ and a married German sergeant, Alfred... Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... ABBA on the cover of their album The Definitive Collection (2001) ABBA were a Swedish pop music group, the most successful to date from that country. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1945 births | American actors ... The Nanny was a 1965 British suspense film starring Bette Davis as a psychotic governess suspected of killing one of her charges. ... John McVie (born November 26, 1945) was the bass guitarist for the rock group Fleetwood Mac. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... Ian Lemmy Kilmister (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Fraser Willis) is an English bass player and singer. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ...

Deaths

January-March

• January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
• January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869)
• January 31 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
• February 5 - Lilian Rolfe, SOE agent executed by the Nazis (b. 1914)
• February 5 - Violette Szabo, SOE agent executed by the Nazis (b. 1921)
• February 5 - Denise Bloch, SOE agent executed by the Nazis (b. 1915)
• February 11 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891)
• February 11 - J. S. H. Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter
• February 17 - Gabrielle Weidner, Belgian heroine of World War II (b. 1914)
• February 21 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (b. 1902)
• March - Anne Frank, at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp of typhus (b. 1929)
• March 1 - Umenosuke Bessho, Japanese writer (b. 1871)
• March 2 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
• March 16 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874
• March 18 - William Grover-Williams, Grand Prix motor racing driver/war hero (b. 1903)
• March 19 - Friedrich Fromm, Nazi official
• March 23 - Elisabeth de Rothschild, executed by the Nazis (b. 1902)
• March 26 - David Lloyd George, Welsh Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• March 30 - Elise Rivet, French nun and war heroine (b. 1890)

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edgar Cayce, (March 18, 1877 - January 3, 1945) (The name is pronounced Kay-see but is commonly mispronounced as Case). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Private Eddie Slovik Edward Donald Eddie Slovik (February 18, 1920 - January 31, 1945), a private in the United States Army during World War II, was the first United States soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... -1... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 - February 5?, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Denise Madeleine Bloch, born in 1915 in France - died February 5, 1945 in Ravensbrück, Germany, was a heroine of World War II. From a Jewish family, by the middle of 1942 in occupied France they were being rounded up by the Gestapo. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Al Dubin (June 10, 1891 - February 11, 1945) was a Swiss-born lyricist. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gabrielle Weidner (August 17, 1914, Brussels, Belgium - February 17, 1945, Königsberg, Germany) was a heroine of World War II. The child of Dutch parents, she grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département, near the Swiss border where her father served as the minister of the Seventh... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eric Liddell (January 16, 1902 – February 21, 1945) was a Scottish athlete, rugby international and the winner of the Mens 400 metres at the Olympic Games of 1924 held in Paris. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... Cover of the diarys Definitive Edition, 1995. ... Bergen-Belsen, sometimes referred to as just Belsen, was a German concentration camp in the Nazi era. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Picture of Emily Carr Odds and Ends, by Emily Carr Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 - March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Börries von Münchhausen (March 20, 1874 – March 16, 1945) was a German poet. ... Events January - April January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Charles Frederick William Grover-Williams, (January 16, 1903 – March 18, 1945), was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Elisabeth de Rothschild, born March 9, 1902 in Paris, France – died March 23, 1945 in Ravensbrück, Germany, was a member by marriage of the wine-making branch of the Rothschild family. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM (January 17, 1863–March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Elise Rivet born January 19, 1890, in Draria, Algeria - died March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany, was a Roman Catholic nun and war heroine. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

April-August

• April 9 - Wilhelm Canaris, head of the German Abwehr (hanged for treason) (b. 1887)
• April 9 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian in Nazi Germany (hanged) (b. 1906)
• April 12 - United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (massive stroke) (b. 1882)
• April 18 - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (sniper fire) (b. 1900)
• April 28 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (hanged) (b. 1883)
• April 30 - Adolf Hitler, German dictator and Nazi party leader (suicide) (b. 1889)
• May 1 - Cecily Lefort SOE agent, WW II heroine (executed by the Nazis) (b. 1900)
• May 1 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist (suicide) (b. 1897)
• May 14 - Heber J. Grant, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• May 15 - Charles Williams, British author (b. 1886)
• May 23 - Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi Gestapo (suicide) (b. 1900)
• June 15 - Nikola Avramov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1897)
• 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, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)
• August 31 - Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (b. 1892)

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... This article is about the 20th-century German military officer. ... The Abwehr was the common name for the German military foreign information and counterintelligence department, during both World War I and World War II. Abwehr is a German word, which is commonly translated to the English defence. The head of the Abwehr during World War II was Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German religious leader and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Ernie Pyle Memorial, Ie-jima, Okinawa, Japan Ernest Taylor Pyle, better known as Ernie Pyle (August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945) was an American journalist, who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 on. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), a German politician who was the founder of the Third Reich (1933-1945), is widely regarded as one of the most significant and reviled leaders in world history. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 _ May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London, England of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast of France from the age of 24 with her French husband, Dr. Alex Lefort. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Joseph Goebbels Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was Adolf Hitlers Propaganda Minister (see Propagandaministerium) in Nazi Germany. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Events January 1 - Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... Heber J. Grant (November 22, 1856–May 14, 1945) was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 - May 15, 1945), educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire and University College, London, he was a staff editor at the Oxford University Press, at the London offices from 1908 until 1939 and afterwards, due to World War II evacuations, at Oxford. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler (October 7, 1900 - May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Gestapo is a portmanteau contraction of the name of the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, Geheime Staatspolizei, (German for secret state police). During the reign of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo was the central intelligence agency of Germany, under the overall administration of the SS. It was administrated by... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Nikola Vasilev Avramov (May 21, 1897 - June 15, 1945) was a Bulgarian painter. ... Events January 1 - Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Rt Hon John Curtin John Curtin (January 8, 1885 – July 5, 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Paul Valéry (October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French author and poet of the Symbolist school. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 - Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Harry Hillman Harry Livingston Hillman Jr. ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Robert Goddard Robert Hutchins Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was one of the pioneers of modern rocketry. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Stefan Banach Stefan Banach (March 30, 1892 in Kraków, Poland–August 31, 1945 in Lviv, Ukraine), was a Polish mathematician, one of the moving spirits of the Lwów School of Mathematics in pre-war Poland. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

September-December

• September 15 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (b. 1883)
• September 24 - Johannes Hans Geiger, inventor of the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• September 26 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
• October 13 - Milton Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
• October 15 - Pierre Laval, Vichy French premier (firing squad) (b. 1883)
• October 19 - N.C. Wyeth, American illustrator (b. 1882)
• October 24 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician, traitor (executed) (b. 1887)
• November 8 - August von Mackensen, German Field Marshal (b. 1849)
• November 11 - Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
• November 21 - Robert Benchley, The New Yorker, humorist, theater critic, actor (b. 1889)
• December 4 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist (b. 1866)
• December 20 - American General George S. Patton (car accident) (b. 1885)
• December 28 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (b. 1871)
• Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1864)

September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was a composer of classical music and a member of the so called Second Viennese School. ... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Johannes (Hans) Wilhelm Geiger (September 30, 1882 - September 24, 1945) was a German physicist. ... An antique Victoreen civil defense survey meter (a type of low accuracy geiger counter). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a composer, pianist and collector of East European folk music. ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Milton S. Hershey (September 13, 1857 - October 13, 1945) founded the Hershey Chocolate Company. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France Pierre Laval (June 28, 1883 - October 15, 1945) was a French politician and thrice Prime Minister of France, the final time being under the Vichy government. ... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 - October 19, 1945) was an American artist and illustrator. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (July 18, 1887–October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian politician and officer, commonly known as one of World War IIs most infamous traitors. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Field Marshal August von Mackensen August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German Field Marshal, born August Mackensen in Haus Leipnitz, in the Prussian province of Saxony, to Louis and Marie Louise Mackensen. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 - November 11, 1945) was an American popular composer. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – November 21, 1945) was a humorist, newspaper columnist, film actor, drama editor. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted each year on the magazines anniversary. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Hunt Morgan Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 - December 4, 1945) worked in natural history, zoology, and macromutation in the fruit fly Drosophila. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... General George Smith Patton Jr. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... Theodore Dreiser photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (July 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth (1864-1945) was Archbishop of York (1908-1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928-1942). ... Events January - March January 21 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. ...

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Wolfgang Pauli
• Chemistry - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
• Medicine - Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Howard Walter Florey
• Literature - Gabriela Mistral
• Peace - Cordell Hull