* 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 )

* 2009 – Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra ( b. 1945 )

Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry Mouse | Jerry in Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 )

Anchors Aweigh became one of the most successful films of 1945 and it garnered Kelly his first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

The Inauguration of Seán T. O ' Kelly in 1945.

Kelly led the Swans to the AFL Grand Final in 1996 — its first since 1945 — and was considered one of the best players in the competition during the mid-1990s, but from 1998 onwards was severely hampered by injuries.

Others from Hope include former White House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty ; attorney Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. ( 1945 – 1993 ); former Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor David L. Armstrong ; Gary Dee ; former Arkansas Secretary of State Kelly Bryant, PGA golfer Ken Duke, actress / vocalist Ketty Lester, and actress Melinda Dillon.

Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly, in which two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to help her get an audition at MGM.

De Valera chose Lemass over older cabinet colleagues to become Tánaiste ( deputy prime minister ) when Seán T. O ' Kelly was elected President of Ireland in 1945.

After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films as Thousands Cheer ( 1943 ), Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, and Show Boat ( 1951 ) and Kiss Me Kate ( 1953 ) ( both with Howard Keel ).

Seán Thomas O ' Kelly (; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966 ) was the second President of Ireland ( 1945 – 1959 ).

The Inauguration of Seán T. O ' Kelly as President of Ireland in 1945. The 2nd Cavalry Squadron of the Blue Hussars escort the President, who travelled in the late Alexandra of Denmark | Queen Alexandra's landau.

O ' Kelly left the cabinet in 1945 when he was elected President of Ireland in a popular vote of the people, defeating two other candidates.

At Christmas 1961, Nelson began dating Sharon Kristin " Kris " Harmon ( born June 25, 1945 ), the daughter of football legend Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox ( née Elsie Kornbrath ), and the older sister of Kelly and Mark.

* Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jose Iturbi.

There was also a 1945 feature motion picture entitled Ziegfeld Follies with Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, William Powell, Gene Kelly, Fanny Brice, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Cyd Charisse, Lucille Ball, Kathryn Grayson, and others performing songs and sketches similar to those from the original Follies.

He unsuccessfully stood twice as candidate for the office of President of Ireland, against Seán T. O ' Kelly in 1945, and Éamon de Valera in 1959.

In only the second vote since its creation in 1939 the Old Timers Committee elected Kelly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.

Kelly Groucutt ( 8 September 1945 – 19 February 2009 ), born Michael William Groucutt, was an English musician who was best known for being the bassist for the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO ), between 1974 and 1983.

On his own, Jerry Mouse appears in a fantasy sequence in the 1945 Gene Kelly MGM musical film Anchors Aweigh.

Jerry and Gene Kelly in the 1945 musical film Anchors Aweigh ( film ) | Anchors Aweigh.

In 1945, Jerry made an appearance in the live-action MGM musical feature film Anchors Aweigh, in which, through the use of special effects, he performs a dance routine with Gene Kelly.

Tom and Jerry also made guest appearances in several of MGM's live-action films, including Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) and Invitation to the Dance ( 1956 ) with Gene Kelly, and Dangerous When Wet ( 1953 ) with Esther Williams.

* The War of the Little Jersey Cows ( published under the pseudonym " Guy Kelly ", 1945 )

Colin Kelly Middle School in Eugene, Oregon was named in his honor in 1945 by the school's first students, who preferred an " ordinary Joe " as a namesake, rather than prestigious military or political figures.