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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Soviet military commander (1907-1945).
Born June 29th, 1906 in Oksanyna.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 38 years old in Pieniężno.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German female aviatrix and test pilot in german luftwaffe dive bombers during world war ii.
Born January 9th, 1903 in Krotoszyn.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 42 years old in Straßkirchen (killed in action).
Shizuichi Tanaka
Japanese general (1887-1945).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died August 24th, 1945 at 57 years old in Tokyo.
Peter Högl
Ss officer (1897-1945).
Born August 19th, 1897 in Marklkofen.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Berlin.
William Grover-Williams
Racecar driver.
Born January 16th, 1903 in Montrouge.
Died March 18th, 1945 at 42 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Francis William Aston
British chemist (1877-1945).
Born September 1st, 1877 in Birmingham, Harborne. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1945 at 68 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Günther Lützow
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born September 4th, 1912 in Kiel.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 32 years old in Donauwörth (killed in action).
Maurice Halbwachs
French sociologist (1877-1945) d. buchenwald concentration camp.
Born March 11th, 1877 in Reims. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1945 at 68 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (dysentery). [ref]
Alfred Delp
German jesuit priest, and philosopher of the german resistance.
Born September 15th, 1907 in Mannheim.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
ClemClem
German freemason and founder of the thule society (1875-1945).
Born November 9th, 1875 in Hoyerswerda.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 69 years old in Istanbul (drowning).
Deaths 181 to 190 of 662
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin