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1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
Events from the year 1945 in the United States. ... April 12 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (born 1882)
May 7, 1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe; 1945 – Carousel opens on Broadway; 1945 – Potsdam Conference; 1945 - Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie opens in New York; August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 14, 1945 – Japan surrenders, ending World War II.
The Battle of Okinawa began. 50,000 American troops landed on Okinawa against little initial resistance and established a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) beachhead. [1]The Japanese ocean liner-turned-hospital ship Awa Maru was passing through the Taiwan Strait when the American submarine USS Queenfish (SS-393) mistook it for a destroyer, torpedoed and sank it.
: Heavy bombing of Yokohama, an important port and naval base.: Heinrich Himmler, head of the notorious SS, dies of suicide via cyanide pill. 25: The Battle of Odžak ends, concluding all World War II conflicts in Yugoslavia and Europe. 29: Fighting breaks out in Syria and Lebanon, as nationalists demand freedom from French control.
The following events occurred in March 1945: March 1, 1945 (Thursday) U.S.President Franklin D. Roosevelt reported to Congress on the Yalta Conference.
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945. Specific locations ... US 1945 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1 ...