In the year 1945
743 Notable deaths
Herbert Lumsden
British army general (1897-1945).
Born April 8th, 1897 in Clanfield.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 47 years old in Philippines.
George Alan Vasey
Australian general (1895-1945).
Born March 29th, 1895 in Malvern East.
Died March 5th, 1945 at 49 years old in Cairns.
Thomas Lewis
British cardiologist.
Born December 26th, 1881 in Taff's Well.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 63 years old in Loudwater.
Archduchess Carolina Maria of Austria
Archduchesse austria-tuscan imperial and royal (1869–1945).
Born September 5th, 1869 in Altmünster.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Serbian artist and poet (1909-1945).
Born November 5th, 1909 in Požarevac. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in New York City (horse fall). [ref]
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
German general (1886-1945).
Born October 7th, 1886 in Korfantów.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 58 years old in Čimelice.
Ernst-Günther Baade
German general (1897-1945).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Pritzwalk.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 47 years old in Bad Segeberg.
Josef Wagner
German nazi politician (1899-1945).
Born January 12th, 1899 in Algrange.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin.
Gottlieb Haberlandt
Austrian botanist (1854-1945).
Born November 28th, 1854 in Magyaróvár.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Père Jacques
Discalced carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, righteous among the nations (1900–1945).
Born January 29th, 1900 in Barentin.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 45 years old in Linz (tuberculosis).
Deaths 341 to 350 of 743
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs