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April 10 – Gloria Dickson, actress (born 1917; killed in domestic fire) April 12 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (born 1882) April 17 – Ernie Pyle, journalist (born 1900) April 29 – Malcolm McGregor, silent film actor (born 1892)
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
August 25 – Bảo Đại abdicates as Emperor of Vietnam, ending 2,000 years of dynastic and monarchic rule in the country and 143 years of the Nguyễn dynasty. August 30 – WWII: Vietnam's capital Hanoi is taken by the Viet Minh, which ends the French occupation in what becomes North Vietnam, and thus the southern provinces become South ...
1945 in economic history (5 C, 2 P) 1945 in education (3 C) 1945 in the environment (7 C, 2 P) Ethnic cleansing of Germans (1 C, 34 P) 1945 events by month (19 C) F.
10: Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs damage the Manhattan Project's Hanford Site in Washington State slightly, but cause no lasting effects. [9] 11: Nagoya, Japan is firebombed by hundreds of B-29s. 15: V-2 rockets continue to hit England and Belgium. 16: The German offensive in Hungary ends with another Soviet victory.
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The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
1945 USS Indianapolis [11] Military strike – submarine Philippine Sea: Largest loss of life in the history of the U.S. Navy at sea 844 1915 SS Eastland: Accident – shipwreck Chicago, Illinois: Passenger ship capsized in Chicago harbor while loading charter for company picnic, causing great loss of life despite shallow water and proximity to ...