* 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 – Tom Freston, American television executive

Detour ( 1945 ) is a film noir thriller that stars Tom Neal and Ann Savage.

* Wydarzenia 3 i 4 września 1939 r. w Bydgoszczy – „ Blutsonntag ", reproduction of text from Historia Bydgoszczy, Tom II, część druga 1939 – 1945, Marian Biskup ( ed.

* Tom McVea ( born 1945 ), state representative, 1980-1984 and 2000-2012, resident of St. Francisville.

* Tom Sherman ( born 1945 ), former NFL quarterback

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.

The Old Gold Comedy Theater ended in June 1945 with an adaptation of Tom, Dick and Harry, featuring June Allyson and Reginald Gardiner and was not renewed for the following season.

Having been disgusted at personal attacks during the 1945 campaign by Tom Steele, his Labour opponent, Dunglass did not scruple to remind the voters of Lanark that Steele had warmly thanked the Communist Party and its members for helping him take the seat from the Unionists.

* Tom Tancredo ( 1945 –)

Two artists commonly associated with the group are Tom Thomson ( 1877 – 1917 ) and Emily Carr ( 1871 – 1945 ).

* Tom Stewart ( 1945 – 2010 ), founder / chairman of Misty Isle Farms and Food Services of America, once lived on the island and moved to Arizona in 2006.

Thomas William " Tom " Selleck ( born January 29, 1945 ) is an American actor and film producer.

More modern writers living on or writing about Öland include novelist Margit Friberg ( 1904 – 1997 ), poet Anna Rydstedt ( 1928 – 1994 ), novelist Birgitta Trotzig ( 1929-2011 ), poet Lennart Sjögren ( 1930 -), children novelist Eva Bexell ( 1945 -), poet Tom Hedlund ( 1945 -), novelist Johan Theorin ( 1963 -), poet and novelist Magnus Utvik ( 1964 -) and novelist Per Planhammar ( 1965 -).

Thomas Gerard " Tom " Tancredo (; born December 20, 1945 ) is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican.

Thomas Hodge " Tom " Allen ( born April 16, 1945 ) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing, and the Democratic nominee for the U. S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins.

* Tom Johnson ( Illinois politician ) ( born 1945 ), Illinois State Senator, 2011 –

Tom Rennie: 26 July 1944-23 March 1945 ( Killed in Action )

He made a successful professional début at the New York City Town Hall in January 1943 during a blizzard, and in 1945 had a radio show Tom Glazer's Ballad Box.

In late 1945 Joe Parks accidentally killed himself in a hunting accident ; nevertheless Tom Meloy continued to foster the idea of developing Melpar as an engineering and production company doing business with the Armed Forces.

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.

After a hiatus between 1945 and 1949 the Penguin Specials continued after the war under the editorship of first Tom Maschler, then after 1961 Tony Godwin.

However, the devastation wrought by the 1926 Miami hurricane caused circulation to drop and, in 1929, Tom Stillwell sold the paper to the Gore Publishing Company, headed by R. H. Gore, Sr. By 1945, circulation of the Daily News and Evening Sentinel had climbed to 10, 000.

* Tom Reed ( American football ) ( born 1945 ), American football coach