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1945 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1945 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1945

• February 9, 1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• February 13, 1945 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• March 21, 1945 – World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
• April 12, 1945 – The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
• April 25, 1945 – Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini is captured after trying to escape. This day was set as a public holiday to celebrate the Liberation of Italy.
• April 29, 1945 – World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
• May 4, 1945 – World War II: Denmark is granted liberation, when Germany was forced withdraw from Denmark thus ending five years of occupation.
• August 14, 1945 – The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
• October 10, 1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double Tenth Agreement.
• October 12, 1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.

Who Were Born On 1945?

• January 28, 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
• April 20, 1945 – Naftali Temu, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
• May 13, 1945 – Lou Marini, American saxophonist and composer (The Blues Brothers)
• June 13, 1945 – Whitley Strieber, American author
• July 19, 1945 – Paule Baillargeon, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• October 4, 1945 – Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
• October 11, 1945 – Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
• October 28, 1945 – Wayne Fontana, English singer (The Mindbenders)
• November 15, 1945 – Roger Donaldson, Australian-New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
• December 2, 1945 – Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter