* 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 )

* 1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter ( Deep Purple, Episode Six, and WhoCares )

* 1945 – Ian Jack, Scottish journalist

Ian Fraser " Lemmy " Kilmister ( born 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England ) is an English rock musician.

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Michael Foot and Ian Mikardo also remained of the 1945 intake, but Michael Foot had been out of the House from 1955 to 1960 and Mikardo from 1959 to 1964.

In the late 1960s keyboardist Ian Whiteman ( born 18 May 1945, Saffron Walden, Essex ) and guitarist Martin Stone ( born 11 December 1946, Wokingham, Surrey ) joined the band and the Action moved toward a mid-tempo psychedelic ballad style, and then into folk rock.

* Kershaw, Ian, Hitler 1936 – 1945: Nemesis ( 2001 )

The award was for Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser and Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis for the sinking of the 9, 850-tonne Japanese cruiser Takao on 31 July 1945.

Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS ( born 24 September 1945 ) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer.

* Ian Stewart ( mathematician ) ( born 1945 ), English academic and science fiction author

Ian Colin Taylor MBE ( born 18 April 1945 ) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

On 31 July 1945, in Operation Struggle, the British midget submarine XE3, crewed by Lieutenant Ian Fraser, Acting Leading Seaman James Magennis, Sub-Lieutenant William James Lanyon Smith, RNZNVR, and Engine Room Artificer Third Class, Charles Alfred Reed, attacked Japanese shipping at Singapore.

It was Frost who in 1945 was entrusted with the reconstruction of Penguin Inc after the departure of its first managing director Ian Ballantine.

* Lemmy ( Ian Fraser Kilmister, born 1945 ), British rock musician, founder of the Motörhead

( 1939 – 1945 ) Robert P. Dixon, Bradford W. O. Dockerty, Robin Giles, Rupert P. James, Frank Hack, Hubert E. Murrell, Ian Matheson, Brian T. Opperman, Donald W. S. Price, William Smith, Edward P. Winton, Edward Wood, Leslie Woolley, William Pratt.

The traditional GOTV method used in the UK is the Reading system, developed by the Reading constituency Labour Party and its MP Ian Mikardo for the 1945 general election.

* Ian Campbell ( opera director ) ( born 1945 ), Australian-born opera singer, stage director and administrator

Sandover Medalists: ( 16 total ) 1921: Cyril Hoft, 1943: Terry Moriarty, 1945: George Bailey, 1948: Merv McIntosh, 1953: Merv McIntosh, 1954: Merv McIntosh, 1961: Neville Beard, 1964: Barry Cable, 1968: Barry Cable, 1970: Pat Dalton, 1972: Ian Miller, 1973: Barry Cable, 1983: Bryan Cousins 1983, 1987: Mark Watson, 1999: Gus Seebeck, 2009: Ross Young

Ian Oswald Liddell VC ( 19 October 1919 – 21 April 1945 ) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Ian Douglas Macdonald ( born 29 November 1945 ), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1990, representing Queensland.

His commanding officer Lieutenant Ian Fraser was also awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 31 July 1945 during the Operation.

In July 1945 Acting Leading Seaman Magennis was serving as the diver on the midget submarine HMS XE3 under the command of Lieutenant Ian Fraser.

* Ian Macdonald ( Australian politician ) ( born 1945 ), Australian federal politician