* 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 – 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 – Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter ( Sparks )

* 1945 – Ron Glass, American actor

* 1945 – Ron Bushy, American drummer ( Iron Butterfly )

* 1945 – Ron Shelton, American director

* 1945 – Ron " Pigpen " McKernan, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Grateful Dead ) ( d. 1973 )

* March 8 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, American rock musician ( Grateful Dead ) ( b. 1945 )

Ron Roisen reports rumours that he was still alive in Magdeburg Prison in January 1945, but there is no definitive evidence of this.

* Ron Billingsley ( born 1945 ), American football player

* Ron Howden ( born 1945 ), drummer of 1970s British band Nektar.

Ronald E. " Ron " Glass ( born July 10, 1945 ) is an American actor.

The echo takes on resounding depth in the work of the Buddhist monk Nichiren ( 日蓮, 1222 – 1282 ) whose Risshō Ankoku Ron ( 立正安國論: On Establishing Righteousness and Securing the Safety of the Nation: 1260 ), can be read as a brilliantly written foundational text for that vein of chiliastic populist nationalism which was to take the upper hand in the decade before 1945, in the heyday of Nihonshugi ( Japanism: 日本主義 ).

Bernie Naylor Medalists: ( 18 total ) 1894: W. Duffy ( 15 ), 1898: H. Loel ( N / A ), 1899: H. Loel ( 50 ), 1900: A. Daly ( 30 ), 1901: H. Loel ( 45 ), 1902: H. Loel ( 35 ), 1903: T. McNamara ( 32 ), 1911: William Bellion ( 30 ), 1925: Ted Flemming ( 50 ), 1930: Frank Hopkins ( 79 ), 1932: Ted Tyson ( 96 ), 1936: Ted Tyson ( 126 ), 1942: Ted Brunton ( 94 ), 1945: Bill Baker ( 91 ), 1951: Ray Scott ( 141 ), 1955: Ray Scott ( 83 ), 1963: Ron Evans ( 97 ), 1973: Phil Smith ( 84 )

* Ron Wilson ( drummer ) ( 1945 – 1989 ), American musician famous for the drum solo of " Wipe Out " by the Surfaris surf rock band of the 1960s

* Ron Ellis ( born 1945 ), retired Canadian ice hockey player

Another national association, for professional riders, the Australian Rough Rider ’ s Association ( ARRA ) was formed on 1 January 1945 with Ron Boardman as chairman and R. M. Williams as secretary.

After appearing in all three of the Eddie Dean Cinecolor singing Westerns in 1945 / 46, he starred in quirky B-westerns from 1947 to 1951, at first for Poverty Row studio PRC, then to Eagle-Lion when they took over the studio and later for producer Ron Ormond.

Ron Shelton ( September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California ) is a U. S. film director and screenwriter, most notable for making movies about sports.

The Lemon Pipers comprised singer Dale " Ivan " Browne ( born 1947 ), guitarist William Bartlett ( born 1946, South Harrow, Middlesex, England ), keyboardist Robert G. " Reg " Nave ( born 1945 ), drummer William E. Albaugh ( 1948 – 1999 ), and bassist Steve Walmsley ( born 1948, Cleveland, Ohio ) who replaced the original bass guitarist Ron " Dude " Dudek.

Ron Garvin ( born Roger Barnes on March 30, 1945 ) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and referee most known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance.

They had five children: Penny ( born 1943 ), David ( 1945 ), Dawn ( 1948 ), Ron ( 1950 ) and Amy ( 1959 ).

* Ron Morgan ( June 8, 1945, Colby, Kansas – 1989 )

Ron Jones ( 6 August 1945 – July 1993 ) was a British television director.

This film portrays the actions of an American soldier, David Manning ( Ron Eldard ), during the World War II Battle of Hürtgen Forest, a battle between the United States Army and German Wehrmacht which took place from September 14, 1944 to February 10, 1945 on the Western Front.