* 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 – Jim Chapman, American politician

* 1945 – Jim Doyle, American politician

* 1945 – Jim Palmer, American baseball player

* Jim Murray ( outfielder ) ( 1878 – 1945 ), Major League Baseball outfielder, 1902-1914

Jim and Marian Jordan, as Fibber McGee and Molly, at a Victory Bond rally at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1945.

James Robert " Jim " Davis ( born July 28, 1945 ) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield.

For the United States of America, 1945 to 1964 was an era of economic growth and prosperity which saw the victorious powers of World War II confronting each other in the Cold War and the triumph of the Civil Rights Movement that ended Jim Crow segregation in the South.

James Edward " Jim " Doyle ( born November 23, 1945 ) is a Wisconsin politician and member of the Democratic Party.

James Patrick " Jim " Moran, Jr. (; born May 16, 1945 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 1991.

* Jim Chapman ( born 1945 ), American businessman and politician

* Jim Martin ( Georgia politician ) ( born 1945 ), Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator from Georgia

The brothers James Lloyd " Jim " Mitchell ( November 30, 1943 – July 12, 2007 ) and Artie Jay Mitchell ( December 17, 1945 – February 27, 1991 ) were pioneers in the pornography and striptease club business in San Francisco and other parts of California from 1969 until 1991, when Jim was convicted of killing Artie.

* Jim Hall ( footballer born 1945 ), English footballer who made 450 Football League appearances

Jim Sanborn ( born Herbert James Sanborn Jr., 1945 in Washington, D. C .) is an American sculptor.

After attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jim Broyhill joined his father's company in 1945 and served in various capacities there until 1962.

These players include Andy Pafko ( who, coincidentally, played in the 1945 World Series as a Cub ), Gene Baker, Smoky Burgess, Don Hoak, Dale Long, Lou Brock ( whose first title was in after a mid-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals ), Lou Johnson, Jim Brewer, Moe Drabowsky, Don Cardwell, Ken Holtzman, Billy North, Fred Norman, Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, Rick Monday, Burt Hooton, Bruce Sutter, Willie Hernández, Joe Niekro, Dennis Eckersley, Joe Carter, Greg Maddux, Joe Girardi ( as both a player and a manager ), José Vizcaíno, Glenallen Hill ( after his second stint with the Cubs ; his title came in after a mid-season trade ), Luis Gonzalez, Mike Morgan, Mark Grace, Mark Bellhorn, Bill Mueller, Scott Eyre ( whose title came in after he been traded from the Cubs during the season ), Tom Gordon, Matt Stairs, Jamie Moyer, in, Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot — the former of whom had been traded the offseason before, the latter having been traded that midseason, and in, Ryan Theriot who was traded the previous season.

James Frederick " Jim " Nicholson ( born 29 January 1945 ) is a Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician, who is currently a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ).

A 1945 movie called I Love A Mystery starred Jim Bannon as Jack, Barton Yarborough as Doc, George Macready and Nina Foch.

James Kenneth McLay, CNZM, QSO ( born 21 February 1945 ), generally known as Jim McLay, is a former New Zealand politician.

* Jim Johnson ( left-handed pitcher ) ( 1945 – 1987 ), American baseball pitcher ( 1967 – 1970 ) and briefly a member of 1970 San Francisco Giants

* Jim Johnson ( radio ) ( born 1945 ), radio personality in Chicago, Illinois

James Alvin " Jim " Palmer ( born October 15, 1945 ) is an American retired right-handed pitcher who played all of his 19 years in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Baltimore Orioles ( 1965 – 1967, 1969 – 1984 ) and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in.

* Jim Nicholson ( UK politician ) ( born 1945 ), Ulster Conservative and Unionist politician