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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Hans Krebs
German general.
Born March 4th, 1898 in Helmstedt.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Alla Nazimova
Russian-american actress, screenwriter and producer (1879-1945).
Died July 13th, 1945 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Japanese general (1891-1945).
Born July 7th, 1891 in Nishijō. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1945 at 53 years old in Iwo Jima (killed in action).
Fumimaro Konoe
Politician and former prime minister of japan (1891–1945).
Born October 12th, 1891 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died December 16th, 1945 at 54 years old in Tekigaisō Park (cyanide poisoning).
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).
Josef Kramer
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906–1945).
Born November 10th, 1906 in Munich.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Jerome Kern
American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945).
Born January 27th, 1885 in Manhattan.
Died November 11th, 1945 at 60 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ernie Pyle
American war correspondent and writer.
Born August 3rd, 1900 in Dana.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 44 years old in Iejima.
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Le Pétomane
French entertainer (1857-1945).
Born June 1st, 1857 in Marseille. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1945 at 88 years old in Toulon. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 727
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