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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Sekula Drljević
Montenegrin politician (1884-1945).
Born September 6th, 1884 in Ravni, Kolašin.
Died November 10th, 1945 at 61 years old in Judenburg.
Charles Simmons
British gymnast (1885-1945).
Born December 24th, 1885 in Islington.
Died February 15th, 1945 at 59 years old in Cricklewood.
Joe Hunt
Us tennis player.
Born February 17th, 1919 in San Francisco.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).
Alexander Siloti
Russian composer and pianist.
Born October 9th, 1863 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1945 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
Nikola Mandić
Croatian politician (1869-1945).
Born January 20th, 1869 in Travnik.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zagreb.
Masahiko Amakasu
Officer/imperial japanese army (1891-1945).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Yamagata.
Died August 20th, 1945 at 54 years old in Changchun (cyanide poisoning).
André Tardieu
Prime minister of france (1876-1945).
Born September 22nd, 1876 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1945 at 68 years old in Menton.
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Russian writer (1869-1945).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died October 18th, 1945 at 76 years old in Helsingborg.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 662
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