* 1939 – 1945, the Second Battle of the Atlantic.

* 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

* 1945 – World War II: the Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.

* 1945 – Neal Boortz, American radio personality

* 1945 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office ; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.

* 1945 – Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organization ( d. 2006 )

* 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day.

* 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer

* 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( d. 2001 )

* 1945 – Michael J. Smith, American astronaut ( d. 1986 )

* 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author ( d. 1945 )

* 1905 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek military leader ( d. 1945 )

* 1945 – Jan Sloot, Dutch inventor ( d. 1999 )

* 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb " Little Boy " is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay.

* 1945 – Ron Jones, English director ( d. 1993 )

* 1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player

* 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki, Japan is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar.

* 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.

* 1945 – Barbara Delinsky, American author

* 1945 – Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater ( d. 2012 )

* 1945 – Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist

* 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S. p. A ( d. 1945 )

* 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician

* 1945 – Robin Jackman, English cricketer

* 1897 – Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer ( d. 1945 )

He married three times: to Daphne Harvey in 1945, producing daughter Georgina ( Gina ) Campbell in 1946 ; to Dorothy McKegg in 1952 ; and to Tonia Bern in 1958, which lasted until his death in 1967.

* 1945: Harvey – Mary Coyle Chase

The first nine " honoured members " ( players Hobey Baker, Charlie Gardiner, Eddie Gerard, Frank McGee, Howie Morenz, Tommy Phillips, Harvey Pulford, Hod Stuart and Georges Vézina ) were inducted on April 30, 1945, although the Hall of Fame still did not have a permanent home.

The Liberty Ship S. S. Harvey W. Wiley was one of 2751 World War II Liberty Ships built between 1941 and 1945.

* " On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " ( 1945 ) w. Johnny Mercer for The Harvey Girls

* " On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " ( 1945 ) w. Johnny Mercer for The Harvey Girls ( sheet music version: ; Judy's entrance: )

In the 1945 General Election, Cyril, aged just 16, gave a public speech in support of Liberal candidate Charles Harvey.

Douglas Norman Harvey ( December 19, 1924 – December 26, 1989 ) was a Canadian professional hockey player who played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) from 1945 until 1969.

Harvey played minor league hockey in Oxford Park, Notre Dame de Grace in his native Montreal, Quebec, Canada, then began his professional career with the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League where he played from 1945 to 1947, helping them win the Allan Cup.

Two days later Colonel Harvey Berger took command and he remained with the 316th until he was killed on 3 April 1945 when his C-47 crashed south-west of Cologne.

She played Sonora Cassidy, the chief cook, in The Harvey Girls ( 1945 ).

* John Amery, founding father of the British Legion of St George, was sentenced to death for high treason by Mr Justice Humphreys in No. 1 Court at the Old Bailey in November 1945, and Harvey Preston's comrades of the British Free Corps fared no better.

Harvey came to Lawrence, Kansas in 1945 to study at the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater, directing and acting in stage productions, such as Harvey, Beggar on Horseback, and Hamlet.

Harvey Pitt ( b. Brooklyn, New York, February 28, 1945 ) was the 26th chairman of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ), serving from 2001-2003.

Harvey retired in December 1945, but maintained an active interest in horses as a judge of hunter and jumper competitions.

The Harvey Girls filmed from 12 January through 4 June 1945, a rather long production period.

The station originated in 1945 as W1XHR ( later WXHR ), owned by Harvey Radio Laboratories and programmed a classical music format.

In 1945, she won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for “ Harvey ”.

Harvey Elliott Klehr ( born December 25, 1945 ) is a professor of politics and history at Emory University ; he is known for his books on the subject of the American Communist movement, and on Soviet espionage in America ( many written jointly with John Earl Haynes ).