What is 1945?
{{Year nav|1945}} {{Year in various calendars|1945}} '''1945''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXLV]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1945th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1945}}. It is well known as the end of [[World War II]] and the founding of UNO and UNESCO. == Events == *[[January 27]] - The [[Red Army]] liberates [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]. *[[April 30]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] committed suicide. *[[May 9]] - [[Victory Day]] *[[July 17]] - Start of the [[Potsdam Conference]]. *[[August 6]] and 9 - [[United States|U.S.]] drops [[atomic bomb]]s on [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]]. * [[August 18]] - Death of Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] as given by [[Habibur Rahman]]. *[[September 2]] - [[World War II]] ends *[[October 24]] - The [[United Nations]] is formed. == Births == [[File:Eric-Clapton 1975.jpg|thumb|[[Eric Clapton]] in 1975]] [[File:Eddy Merckx 1966.jpg|thumb|[[Eddy Merckx]] in 1966]] *[[January 3]] – [[Stephen Stills]] ([[Crosby, Stills & Nash|Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]]), singer, songwriter * January 3 – [[Victoria Principal]], actress *[[January 9]] – [[Levon Ter-Petrossian]], first [[President of Armenia|President]] of [[Armenia]] *[[January 10]] – [[Rod Stewart]], singer *[[January 19]] – [[Maria Jespen]], theologian *[[January 26]] – [[Jacqueline Du Pre|Jacqueline du Pré]], [[cello|cellist]] (d. [[1987]]) *[[January 28]] – [[Marthe Keller]], actress *[[January 29]] – [[Tom Selleck]], actor (''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'') *[[January 30]] – [[Michael Dorris]], writer (d. [[1997]]) *[[February 3]] – [[Bob Griese]], [[Football Hall of Fame]]r *[[February 5]] – [[Charlotte Rampling]], actress *[[February 6]] – [[Bob Marley]], [[Jamaica]]n [[roots reggae|roots rock reggae]] singer and musician (d. [[1981]]) *[[February 7]] – [[Pete Postlethwaite]], actor *[[February 9]] – [[Mia Farrow]], actress *[[February 12]] – [[Thilo Sarrazin]], German politician and economist *[[February 14]] – Prince [[H