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In the year 1945

662 Notable deaths

Richard Bong

United states air force medal of honor recipient.

Born September 24th, 1920 in Superior.

Died August 6th, 1945 at 24 years old in North Hollywood.

Pierre Laval

French politician (1883-1945).

Born June 28th, 1883 in Châteldon. [ref]

Died October 15th, 1945 at 62 years old in Fresnes (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Friedrich Fromm

German general.

Born October 8th, 1888 in Charlottenburg.

Died March 12th, 1945 at 56 years old in Brandenburg-Görden Prison (ballistic trauma).

Edith Frank-Holländer

Mother of holocaust diarist anne frank.

Born January 16th, 1900 in Aachen.

Died January 6th, 1945 at 44 years old in Auschwitz.

Fedor von Bock

German field marshal.

Born December 3rd, 1880 in Kostrzyn nad Odrą. [ref]

Died May 4th, 1945 at 64 years old in Oldenburg in Holstein. [ref]

Harry K. Daghlian, Jr.

1940s physicist who died of radiation poisoning.

Born May 4th, 1921 in Waterbury. [ref]

Died September 15th, 1945 at 24 years old in Los Alamos (radiation syndrome, irradiation).

Karl Hanke

German general and last reichsführer-ss (1903-1945).

Born August 24th, 1903 in Lubań.

Died June 8th, 1945 at 41 years old in Nová Ves nad Popelkou.

John S. McCain

United states navy admiral (1884-1945).

Born August 9th, 1884 in Carroll County.

Died September 6th, 1945 at 61 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).

Roza Shanina

Soviet sniper.

Born April 3rd, 1924 in Edma.

Died January 28th, 1945 at 20 years old

John Curtin

Australian politician, 14th prime minister of australia (1885-1945).

Born January 8th, 1885 in Creswick.

Died July 5th, 1945 at 60 years old in The Lodge.

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