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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Josef Terboven
German politician (1898–1945).
Died May 8th, 1945 at 46 years old in Asker (dynamite).
Hannie Schaft
Dutch communist resistance fighter and martyr (1920–1945).
Born September 16th, 1920 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1945 at 24 years old in Bloemendaal (gunshot wound). [ref]
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]
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator, painter (1882-1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Chadds Ford (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.
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899–1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich.
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Zell am See (poison).
Robert Benchley
American writer and actor (1889-1945).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Worcester.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Martin Luther
German diplomat (1895-1945).
Born December 16th, 1895 in Berlin.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 49 years old in Berlin.
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.
Josef Gangl
German officer as (b. 1910, d. 1945).
Born September 12th, 1910 in Obertraubling.
Died May 5th, 1945 at 34 years old in Itter Castle.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 727
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