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In the year 1945
742 Notable deaths
Seiichi Itō
Japanese admiral.
Born July 26th, 1890 in Miyama.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 54 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (killed in action).
Hajime Sugiyama
Imperial japanese field marshal (1880–1945).
Born January 1st, 1880 in Kokura.
Died September 12th, 1945 at 65 years old in Tokyo.
Fritz Klein
Romanian-born german nazi physician, camp doctor and convicted war criminal (1888-1945).
Born November 24th, 1888 in Codlea.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 57 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Walther Hewel
German diplomat (1904-1945).
Born January 2nd, 1904 in Cologne.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Leonardo Conti
Physician, nazi officer (1900-1945).
Born August 24th, 1900 in Lugano.
Died October 6th, 1945 at 45 years old in Nuremberg (hanging).
Eileen O'Shaughnessy
British psychologist and writer (1905–1945).
Born September 25th, 1905 in South Shields.
Died March 29th, 1945 at 39 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Alfred Meyer
German nazi official (1891-1945).
Born October 5th, 1891 in Göttingen.
Died April 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in Hessisch Oldendorf.
Margot Asquith
British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945).
Born February 2nd, 1864 in Peeblesshire.
Died July 28th, 1945 at 81 years old in Greater London.
Erwin Planck
German politician (1893-1945).
Born March 12th, 1893 in Charlottenburg.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 51 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Ernst Busch
German field marshal (1885-1945).
Died July 17th, 1945 at 60 years old in Aldershot (cardiovascular disease).
Deaths 161 to 170 of 742
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