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In the year 1945
697 Notable deaths
Heinrich Ehrler
German world war ii fighter pilot (1917–1945).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Lauda-Königshofen.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Heber J. Grant
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1856-1945).
Born November 22nd, 1856 in Salt Lake City.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 88 years old in Salt Lake City.
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian activist.
Born September 9th, 1872 in Kolkata.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 72 years old in Kolkata.
Alexander M. Patch
United states army general (1889-1945).
Born November 23rd, 1889 in Fort Huachuca.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 55 years old in Fort Sam Houston (pneumonia).
Robert Desnos
French writer.
Born July 4th, 1910 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1945 at 34 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezín (typhoid fever). [ref]
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Isamu Chō
Japanese general (1895-1945).
Born January 19th, 1895 in Fukuoka.
Died June 23rd, 1945 at 50 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (stabbing).
Matome Ugaki
Imperial japanese navy admiral.
Born February 15th, 1890 in Okayama.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 55 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Else Lasker-Schüler
Jewish german poet.
Born February 11th, 1869 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 75 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Felix Salten
Austro-hungarian author and critic in vienna.
Born September 6th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 697
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