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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Prince Waldemar of Prussia
German jurist.
Born March 20th, 1889 in Kiel.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 56 years old in Tutzing.
Sara Josephine Baker
American physician (1873-1945).
Born November 15th, 1873 in Poughkeepsie.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 71 years old in New York City.
Walter Bradford Cannon
American physiologist (1871-1945).
Born October 19th, 1871 in Wisconsin.
Died October 1st, 1945 at 73 years old in Franklin.
Nicola Bombacci
Italian politician and revolutionary (1879-1945).
Born October 24th, 1879 in Civitella di Romagna.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 65 years old in Dongo (ballistic trauma).
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Marktoberdorf.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
Elfego Baca
American sheriff (1865-1945).
Born February 10th, 1865 in Socorro.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Albuquerque.
Eoin MacNeill
Irish politician and scholar (1867-1945).
Born May 15th, 1867 in Glenarm. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1945 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Boris Shaposhnikov
Marshal of the soviet union (1882-1945).
Born October 2nd, 1882 in Zlatoust. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis). [ref]
Alessandro Pavolini
Italian politician and writer (1903-1945).
Born September 27th, 1903 in Florence. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1945 at 41 years old in Dongo (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Richard Thomalla
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born October 23rd, 1903 in Sowin, Opole Voivodeship.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 41 years old in Jičín (ballistic trauma).
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau