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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Russian writer (1869-1945).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 76 years old in Helsingborg.
Florence Bascom
American geologist.
Born July 14th, 1862 in Williamstown. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 82 years old in Williamstown (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Carl Lotus Becker
American historian.
Born September 7th, 1873 in Waterloo.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in Ithaca.
Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin
German resistance member (1890-1945).
Born March 22nd, 1890 in Dobrowo.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 55 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Albrecht Haushofer
German geographer and diplomat.
Born January 7th, 1903 in Munich.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 42 years old in Invalidenstraße (gunshot wound).
Óscar R. Benavides
President of peru (1876-1945).
Born March 15th, 1876 in Lima. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 69 years old in Lima. [ref]
Karl Holz
Nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born December 27th, 1895 in Nuremberg.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 49 years old in Nuremberg.
Frederic Clements
American ecologist (1874–1945).
Born September 16th, 1874 in Lincoln.
Died July 26th, 1945 at 70 years old in Santa Barbara.
Shigeru Honjō
Japanese general (1876-1945).
Born May 10th, 1876 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died November 30th, 1945 at 69 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).
Deaths 281 to 290 of 735
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris