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In the year 1945
743 Notable deaths
Heinrich Fehlis
German ss officer and ss-oberfuhrer (senior colonel/brigadier).
Born November 1st, 1906 in Wulften am Harz.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 38 years old in Porsgrunn (gunshot wound).
Frank Michler Chapman
American ornithologist.
Born June 12th, 1864 in Teaneck.
Died November 15th, 1945 at 81 years old in New York City.
Jane Horney
World war ii spy.
Born July 8th, 1918 in Gustav Vasa parish. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1945 at 26 years old in sea, Øresund.
William M. Calder
American politician (1869-1945).
Born March 31st, 1869 in Brooklyn.
Died March 3rd, 1945 at 75 years old in Brooklyn.
Charles Delestraint
French general (1879-1945).
Born March 12th, 1879 in Biache-Saint-Vaast.
Died April 19th, 1945 at 66 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Dragiša Vasić
Member of serbian academy of science and arts (1885–1945).
Born November 2nd, 1885 in Gornji Milanovac. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1945 at 59 years old in Jasenovac concentration camp.
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
Dutch artist (1882-1945).
Born April 29th, 1882 in Leens. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Bakkeveen (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Friedrich von Rabenau
German general (1884–1945).
Born October 10th, 1884 in Berlin.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging).
Jacob Tamarkin
Russian mathematician.
Born July 11th, 1888 in Chernihiv.
Died November 18th, 1945 at 57 years old in Bethesda.
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese buddhist monk (1866–1945).
Born February 26th, 1866 in Sakai.
Died February 24th, 1945 at 78 years old in Daita (intracranial hemorrhage).
Deaths 421 to 430 of 743
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