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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 4, 1945 – World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
• February 13, 1945 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• February 14, 1945 – World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet’s Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• March 19, 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• April 2, 1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
• April 6, 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Slater’s Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
• May 1, 1945 – World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
• June 18, 1945 – William Joyce (“Lord Haw-Haw”) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• August 30, 1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
• November 10, 1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes’ Day (Hari Pahlawan).

Who Were Born On 1945?

• March 10, 1945 – Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (d. 2001)
• March 21, 1945 – Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, English lawyer
• April 25, 1945 – Stu Cook, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Southern Pacific)
• April 27, 1945 – Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author
• May 23, 1945 – Lauren Chapin, American actress
• June 27, 1945 – Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (d. 2013)
• August 10, 1945 – Laura Spurr, American nurse and tribal leader (d. 2010)
• October 31, 1945 – Avi Shlaim, Iraqi-Israeli historian and academic
• November 8, 1945 – Vincent Nichols, English cardinal
• November 26, 1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence