* 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 – Tricia O ' Neil, American actress

Walker is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and was given the Edward J. Neil Trophy in 1945 for his service to the sport.

Neil Turner ( born 16 September 1945 ) is a British Labour Party politician and a former Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wigan.

* Coffs Harbour: Vol I: pre-1880 to 1945 / Neil Yeates ( 1990 )

* Neil M Judd ( 1945 )

** Neil Maclean ( 1945 – 46 ) – Liaison Committee

His second son, Neil Young, was born in Toronto in November 1945.

He married his second wife, actress Nedda Harrigan, in 1945 ; Logan's previous marriage, to actress Barbara O ' Neil, a colleague of his at the University Players in the 1930s, had ended in divorce.

Gerald Neil Steinberg, known as Gerry Steinberg, ( born 20 April 1945 ) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Alasdair Neil Morgan ( born 21 April 1945 ) is a Scottish politician.

* Gen Sir Neil Ritchie ( 1897 – 1983 ), Commander-in Chief, Eighth Army ( 1941 – 1942 ), Commander-in-Chief, XII Corps ( 1943 – 1945 ), Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces ( 1947 – 1948 ), Aide-de-Camp General to George VI ( 1948 – 1951 ).

David Neil Laurence Levy ( born 14 March 1945, in London ), is a Scottish International Master of chess, a businessman noted for his involvement with computer chess and artificial intelligence, and the founder of the Computer Olympiads and the Mind Sports Olympiads.

After his death in 1945, the house and most of the estate were sold by his son Neil to local farmer William Laird.

The show opened at the Alvin Theatre ( now the Neil Simon ) on March 22, 1945 and closed on April 28 of the same year after 43 performances.

* The Handsome Langleys ( 1945 ) as Neil Bell

In the 1984 NLCS, the Padres faced the NL East champion Chicago Cubs, who were making their first post-season appearance since 1945 and featured NL Most Valuable Player Ryne Sandberg and Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe.

Professor Douglas Young, who was the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1942 to 1945 fought for the Scottish people to refuse conscription and his activities were popularly vilified as undermining the British war effort against the Axis powers.

* Douglas Young ( 1942 – 1945 )

However, he resigned the rectorate in April 1934, but remained a member of the Nazi party until 1945, even though Julian Young asserts that the Nazis eventually prevented him from publishing.

* Marguerite Young, Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias, Scribners, New York, 1945.

* Young Ireland, T. F. O ' Sullivan, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945.

* Young Ireland, T. F. O ' Sullivan, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945.

In the 1940s, Robinson demonstrated his ability to succeed in comedic and film noir roles, including Raoul Walsh's Manpower ( 1941 ) with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, Larceny, Inc. ( 1942 ) with Jane Wyman and Broderick Crawford, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity ( 1944 ) with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window ( 1945 ) with Joan Bennett and Raymond Massey, Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street ( 1945 ) with Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea, and Orson Welles ' The Stranger ( 1946 ) with Orson Welles and Loretta Young.

* January 9, 1945: Gillespie, Byas and Young record " Be Bop ", " Salt Peanuts ", and " Good Bait " for Manor

Though she ultimately became a conservative, as a college freshman in 1945 she joined the Young People's Socialist League, the youth wing of the Socialist Party of America, influenced by her grandfather who was a founder of the Populist and Socialist parties in Oklahoma.

He was invited as one of a dozen ' Young Victors ' to a private dinner given by Hugh Dalton on 30 July 1945 who was talent-spotting and networking.

Other Yorkshire folk musicians include Heather Wood ( b. 1945 ) of the Young Tradition, the short-lived electric folk group Mr Fox ( 1970-2 ), The Deighton Family, Julie Matthews, Kathryn Roberts, and the Mercury Prize nominated Kate Rusby.

* Bob Young ( artist ) ( born 1945 ), English musician and book author, unofficial member of Status Quo

Smith joined the Liberal Party in 1945 and was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Young Liberals in 1948 and 1949.

Hildreth first suggested to Young the need for its restoration in 1945.

* Young Ireland, T. F. O ' Sullivan, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945.

* Alexander Fadeyev: literature, for The Young Guard ( 1st edition, 1945 )

After the Conservative Party suffered a catastrophic defeat in the 1945 general election, the Young Britons Organisation was reformed to cater for both boys and girls aged 6 – 16, while the Young Conservatives was set up to cater for an older age group.

* Too Young to Know ( 1945 )

Young was a prisoner of war in Japanese hands from December 1941 to August 1945.