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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Born July 31st, 1884 in Piła. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Josef Terboven
German politician (1898–1945).
Died May 8th, 1945 at 46 years old in Asker (dynamite).
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator, painter (1882-1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Delaware County (railway accident). [ref]
Paul Valéry
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945).
Born October 30th, 1871 in Sète. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1945 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Robert Benchley
American writer and actor (1889-1945).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Worcester. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Ss physician (1910-1945).
Born July 11th, 1910 in Munich.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Berlin (cyanide poisoning).
Bertram Home Ramsay
Royal navy admiral.
Born January 20th, 1883 in Hampton Court Palace.
Died January 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Toussus-le-Noble.
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899-1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Altaussee (poison).
Hiram Johnson
23rd governor of california from 1911 to 1917.
Born September 2nd, 1866 in Sacramento.
Died August 6th, 1945 at 78 years old in Bethesda.
Michael Strank
United states marine.
Born November 10th, 1919 in Jarabina.
Died March 1st, 1945 at 25 years old in Iwo Jima.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 662
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