* 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 )

* 2006 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ( Love ) ( b. 1945 )

* Gary Harold Lee Levitch was born on July 31, 1945 to Lewis and Patti Palmer.

In 1945, he married the artist Lee Krasner, who became an important influence on his career and on his legacy.

In October 1945, Pollock married American painter Lee Krasner, and in November they moved to what is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio, at 830 Springs Fireplace Road, in the Springs area of East Hampton, on Long Island, NY.

* 1888 – Willis A. Lee, American naval admiral ( d. 1945 )

* 2006 – Lee Jong-wook, Korean 6th Director-General of World Health Organization ( b. 1945 )

* Lee, Stephen J. European dictatorships, 1918 – 1945.

** Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral ( d. 1945 )

A play by Gypsy Rose Lee entitled The Naked Genius ( 1943 ) was the inspiration for Doll Face ( 1945 ), a musical about a burlesque star ( Vivian Blaine ) who wants to become a legitimate actress.

In 1945 the novel was made into a film starring Joan Crawford, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Bruce Bennett, Zachary Scott and Lee Patrick.

Lee J. Monlezun, Sr. opened the first Lake Arthur Butane in Lake Arthur in 1945.

After Japan's unconditional surrender ( August 15, 1945 ), reporters Harry T. Brundidge of Cosmopolitan Magazine and Clark Lee of Hearst's International News Service ( INS ) offered $ 2, 000 ( the equivalent of a year's wages in Occupied Japan ) for an exclusive interview with " Tokyo Rose ".

Curtis Lee Hanson ( born March 24, 1945 ) is an American film director, film producer and screenwriter.

* Betrayal from the East ( 1945 ) with Lee Tracy

* C. E. Lee ; Narrow Gauge Railways in North Wales, 1945

But that would change in 1945 when Walcott beat top heavyweights such as Joe Baksi, Lee Q. Murray, Curtis Sheppard and Jimmy Bivins.

Other wartime films with an AVG angle included The Sky's the Limit ( 1942, starring Fred Astaire ); God is My Co-pilot, ( 1943, with Dennis Morgan as Robert Lee Scott, Raymond Massey as Chennault, and John Ridgely as Tex Hill ); Hers to Hold ( 1943, with Joseph Cotten ); and China's Little Devils ( 1945 ).

He also co-wrote the 1945 classic " The House of Blue Lights " first recorded with singer Ella Mae Morse and later recorded by Chuck Miller, The Andrews Sisters, Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Columbia featured her in the Technicolor films: Tonight and Every Night ( 1945 ), with Lee Bowman ; and Down to Earth ( 1947 ), with Larry Parks.

* Arthur Lee ( musician ) ( 1945 – 2006 ), American psychedelic-rock musician

* Issued to the Grand Ducal Guard in 1945, replaced by Lee Enfield in the same year.

* James Lee Peters, 1942 – 1945

They were married on June 21, 1942, and had two children: Janet Jennings Auchincloss Rutherfurd ( 1945 – 1985 ) and James Lee Auchincloss, born in 1947.