1945

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1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar).

Contents

Events

January

February

The "Big Three" at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
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The "Big Three" at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
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The ruins of Dresden following massive air raids by British and American bombers in February 1945

March

April

May

The Red Army hoists the Flag of the Soviet Union over the ruins of the Reichstag building
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The Red Army hoists the Flag of the Soviet Union over the ruins of the Reichstag building
From left to right Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, George VI and Princess Margaret celebrate VE Day on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
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From left to right Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, George VI and Princess Margaret celebrate VE Day on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

June

July

August

The mushroom cloud from the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki rising 18km into the air
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The mushroom cloud from the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki rising 18km into the air
Japan signs the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri
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Japan signs the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri

September

October

Flag of the newly formed United Nations
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Flag of the newly formed United Nations

November

December

Unknown date

Ongoing events

Science and Technology

Births

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March-April

May-June

July-October

November-December

Deaths

January-March

April-August

September-December

Nobel Prizes

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