What happened in 1945?

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Major Events · Hiroshima, Japan

The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, followed by Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender.

United Nations founded

Major Events · San Francisco, USA

Fifty nations sign the UN Charter, establishing an international organization to maintain peace.

Battle of Berlin

Wars & Conflicts

1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il

Battle of Iwo Jima

Wars & Conflicts

1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II

Battle of Okinawa

Wars & Conflicts

1945 major battle of the Pacific War

Indonesian National Revolution

Wars & Conflicts

Armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire

Battle of Manila

Wars & Conflicts

Battle in 1945 during World War II fought between Japan and the United States with the Commonwealth of the Philippines

Battle of Castle Itter

Wars & Conflicts

Battle year 1945 in which U.S. infantry and armour, Wehrmacht Heer, French prisoners and Austrian partisans took Castle Itter from the occupying Waffen SS

Operation Bodenplatte

Wars & Conflicts · Belgium

1945 Nazi air force offensive

Battle of Königsberg

Wars & Conflicts · Königsberg

1945 battle of the East Prussian Offensive in World War II

Ruhr Pocket

Wars & Conflicts · Ruhr

Battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of the second World War, in the Ruhr Area of Germany

Battle of the Seelow Heights

Wars & Conflicts · Seelow

1945 engagement between German and Soviet forces during World War Two

East Pomeranian Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Pomerania Province

1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army

Battle of Luzon

Wars & Conflicts · Luzon

Major battle in the Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) against Empire of Japan

Battle of Ramree Island

Wars & Conflicts · Ramree Island

1945 battle

Battle of Halbe

Wars & Conflicts · Halbe

1945 battle

Colmar Pocket

Wars & Conflicts · Colmar

Battle in Alsace, France (1945)

Battle of Surabaya

Wars & Conflicts · Surabaya

1945 battle between British and Indonesian forces during the Indonesian National Revolution

Siege of Breslau

Wars & Conflicts · Wrocław

1945 siege of the German city of Breslau during World War II

War in southern Vietnam

Wars & Conflicts · Southern Vietnam

War in Vietnam south of the 16th parallel in late 1945 and early 1946 that brought back French control over much of the area

Battle of Nuremberg

Wars & Conflicts · Nuremberg

1945 battle

Battle of Mindanao

Wars & Conflicts · Mindanao

1945 World War II battle

Battle of Odžak

Wars & Conflicts · Odžak

1945 final battle of World War II in Europe

Battle of Shumshu

Wars & Conflicts · Shumshu

1945 Russian-Japanese WWII battle

Battle of Bautzen

Wars & Conflicts · Bautzen

1945 battle in the Eastern Front of World War II

Battle of North Borneo

Wars & Conflicts · British North Borneo

1945 battle during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces

Final operations in Slovenia

Wars & Conflicts · Municipality of Prevalje

Final World War II operations in Slovenia in May 1945.

Battle of Tarakan

Wars & Conflicts · Tarakan Island

First stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945 during World War II

Battle of Remagen

Wars & Conflicts · Remagen

1945 battle during WWII

Operation Teardrop

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

1945 battle

Battle of Sagami Bay

Wars & Conflicts

1945 naval battle of the Japanese coast in WWII

Battle of Frankfurt

Wars & Conflicts · Frankfurt

Battle in WW2 (1945)

Battle of Slivice

Wars & Conflicts · Čimelice

1945 battle

Black Friday

Wars & Conflicts · Førde Fjord

Military operation on 9 February 1945

Battle of Balikpapan

Wars & Conflicts · Balikpapan

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of West Hunan

Wars & Conflicts · Hunan

1945 battle

Battle in Berlin

Wars & Conflicts · Berlin

1945 military operations in the city of Berlin near the end of World War II

Battle of Labuan

Wars & Conflicts · Labuan

1945 engagement in Borneo

Operation Cowboy

Wars & Conflicts · Hostouň

Battle of World War II, year 1945

Battle of Corregidor

Wars & Conflicts · Corregidor

1945 WWII battle in the Pacific Theater

Battle of Kolberg

Wars & Conflicts · Kołobrzeg

1945 during World War II

Battle of the Visayas

Wars & Conflicts · Visayas

1945 battle fought during World War II

Heiligenbeil Pocket

Wars & Conflicts · East Prussia

1945 part of the Eastern Front of World War II

Battle of Bataan

Wars & Conflicts · Bataan

1945 battle during World War II

Liberation of Arnhem

Wars & Conflicts · Arnhem

1945 battle of World War II

Race for Trieste

Wars & Conflicts · Trieste

1945 WWII battle

Operation Blockbuster

Wars & Conflicts · Lower Rhine

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of Bologna

Wars & Conflicts · Bologna

1945 battle

Attack on Yokosuka

Wars & Conflicts · Yokosuka

Part of Pacific War, World War II

Battle of the Oder–Neisse

Wars & Conflicts · Oder–Neisse line

1945 battle in second World War

Operation Sarajevo

Wars & Conflicts · Sarajevo

World War II battle fought in March-April 1945 near Sarajevo

Battle of Groningen

Wars & Conflicts · Groningen

Second World War battle from April 14-18, 1945

Battle of the Sittang Bend

Wars & Conflicts · Pegu Range

Part of Burma Campaign during World War 2

Battle of Collecchio

Wars & Conflicts · Fornovo di Taro

Battle between the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, together with Italian guerrillas and the American Infantry division units, against the German 148th division, Panzergrenadier, and the Italian Bersaglieri and Monterosa

Battle of Poznań

Wars & Conflicts · Poznań

1945

Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay

Wars & Conflicts

Conflict

Battle of Lijevče Field

Wars & Conflicts · Lijevče

1945 battle

Battle of Kuryłówka

Wars & Conflicts · Kuryłówka

1945 battle

Mostar Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Mostar

1945 battle

Battle of the Ligurian Sea

Wars & Conflicts · Ligurian Sea

1945 battle

Invasion of Palawan

Wars & Conflicts · Palawan

1945 battle between the US and Japan

Battle of Hill 170

Wars & Conflicts · Rakhine State

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of Mutanchiang

Wars & Conflicts · Mudanjiang

1945 Soviet-Japanese battle in Manchuria

Battle of the Argenta Gap

Wars & Conflicts · Northern Italy

1945 battle during World War II

Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations

Wars & Conflicts · Pakokku

1945 battle during the Allied Burma campaign in WWII

Battle of Schoenfeld

Wars & Conflicts · Żeńsko

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of Hamburg

Wars & Conflicts · Hamburg

1945 battle during World War II

Battle of Baguio

Wars & Conflicts

1945 battle in the Philippines during World War II

Battle of Würzburg

Wars & Conflicts · Würzburg

1945 battle

Battle of Ambarawa

Wars & Conflicts · Ambarawa

Battle between Indonesian and Allied forces during the Indonesian National Revolution

Seishin Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Chongjin

1945 amphibious assault in northern Korea

Battle for Czech Radio

Wars & Conflicts · Prague

1945 battle

Battle of Elephant Point

Wars & Conflicts

Part of the Burma Campaign during World War 2

Battle of Semarang

Wars & Conflicts · Semarang

Battle in Semarang which lasted for 5 days in 1942

Battles of Bircza

Wars & Conflicts · Bircza

1945–1946 armed clashes

Battle for the Kapelsche Veer

Wars & Conflicts

1945 conflict

Battle of Montese

Wars & Conflicts · Montese

1945 battle

Operation Solstice (Alsace)

Wars & Conflicts · Erstein

Battle of Aschaffenburg

Wars & Conflicts · Aschaffenburg

1945 10 day battle fought between United States & Germany

Battle of Maguindanao

Wars & Conflicts · Maguindanao

1945 battle

Siege of Danzig

Wars & Conflicts · Gdańsk

WW2 battle fought in Danzig

Battle of Authion

Wars & Conflicts · Massif de l'Authion

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of Kassel

Wars & Conflicts · Kassel

1945 battle

Battle of Heilbronn

Wars & Conflicts · Heilbronn

1945 battle

Battle of the Transdanubian Hills

Wars & Conflicts · Drava

1945 battle of WWII between Bulgaria and Nazi Germany

Battle of Paderborn

Wars & Conflicts · Paderborn

1945 battle

Battle of Kosmach

Wars & Conflicts · Kosmach

1945 battle

Battle for Cebu City

Wars & Conflicts · Cebu City

1945 battle

Battle of Bacsil Ridge

Wars & Conflicts · San Fernando

1945 battle in the Philippines during World War II

Battle of Otterlo

Wars & Conflicts · Otterlo

1945 battle in the Netherlands

Battle of Tarnova

Wars & Conflicts · Trnovo

Battle of World War II in January 1945

Battle of Tanlwe Chaung

Wars & Conflicts

1945 Military engagement during the Burma campaign (WWII)

Soviet assault on Tōro

Wars & Conflicts · Tōro

1945 battle

Battle of Bessang Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Bessang Pass

1945 battle between United States and Japanese forces during World War II in the Philippines

Attack on Variazh

Wars & Conflicts · Variazh

1945 battle

Battle of Balete Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Dalton Pass

Battle during World War II fought in the Philippines from February to May 1945

Battle of Wuhe

Wars & Conflicts · Anhui

1945 battle during the Chinese Civil War

Battle of the Hongorai River

Wars & Conflicts · Bougainville Island

1945 battle of the Bougainville Campaign of the Pacific Theater (World War II)

Battle of Beaufort

Wars & Conflicts · Beaufort

1945 battle of World War II

Battle of Porton Plantation

Wars & Conflicts · Bougainville Island

1945 WWII battle in the Pacific Theatre

Battle of Lingbi

Wars & Conflicts · Anhui

1945 battle between communists and nationalists

Battle of Tianmen

Wars & Conflicts · Hubei

1945 Chinese civil war battle

Lika-Primorje operation

Wars & Conflicts · Lika

1945 military operation

Battle of Davao

Wars & Conflicts · Davao City

1945 World War II battle in the Philippines

Battle of Haglebu

Wars & Conflicts · Eggedal

1945 battle

Battle of Bure

Wars & Conflicts · Rochefort

1945 World War II battle during the battle of the Bulge

Battle of Kotabaru

Wars & Conflicts · Kotabaru

1945 battle

Battle of Dazhongji

Wars & Conflicts · Jiangsu

1945 battle during the Chinese Civil War

The Pinnacle, Battle of Okinawa

Wars & Conflicts · Okinawa

Battle to capture a 30 ft spire near Arakachi, Japan

Battle of Kiauneliškis

Wars & Conflicts · Švenčionys District Municipality

1945 battle

Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher

Wars & Conflicts · Stein am Kocher

1945 battle

Battle of Houmajia

Wars & Conflicts · Anhui

1945 battle

Battle of Camotes Islands

Wars & Conflicts · Poro Island

1945 battle

Battle of Xiangshuikou

Wars & Conflicts · Jiangsu

1945 battle in the Chinese Civil War

Siege of Kunar Khas

Wars & Conflicts

1945 siege

Battle of Ratsua

Wars & Conflicts · Bougainville Island

1945 battle during the Second World War and involved Australian and Japanese forces

Battle of Rugao

Wars & Conflicts · Rugao

1945 battle

Battle of Shicun

Wars & Conflicts · Anhui

1945 battle

Battle of Slater's Knoll

Wars & Conflicts · Bougainville Island

1945 battle in World War 2

Battle of Lishi

Wars & Conflicts · Lishi District

1945 battle

Battle of Tangtou–Guocun

Wars & Conflicts · Jiangsu

1945 battle

Battle of Tsimba Ridge

Wars & Conflicts · Bougainville Island

1945 engagement of the Second World War involving Australian and Japanese forces

Cactus Ridge

Wars & Conflicts · Okinawa

Bleiburg repatriations

Wars & Conflicts · Bleiburg

Crime in Yugoslavia at the end of World War II

Sétif and Guelma massacre

Wars & Conflicts

Massacre in Algeria in 1945

Cold War

Wars & Conflicts · Africa

1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

Operation Ten-Go

Wars & Conflicts · Pacific Ocean

1945 Japanese naval operation in World War II

Manila massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Manila

Atrocities committed against Filipino civilians by Japanese troops at the Battle of Manila

Battle of the Malacca Strait

Wars & Conflicts · Strait of Malacca

1945 naval battle

Kalagong massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Kalagon

Mass killing of civilians by Japanese troops in Burma on 7 July 1945

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Wars & Conflicts · Hiroshima

1945 use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II

Bombing of Dresden

Wars & Conflicts · Dresden

1945 British/American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden

Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Wars & Conflicts

1945 invasion; part of the Soviet–Japanese War of World War II

Soviet–Japanese War

Wars & Conflicts · Sakhalin

Invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo by the Soviet Union near the end of WWII

Prague offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Prague

Last major military operation on the Eastern Front (6–11 May 1945)

Vistula–Oder Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Poland

1945 offensive by the Soviet Red Army and Polish Army against Germany

Philippines campaign of 1944–1945

Wars & Conflicts · Philippines

Campaign which started on October 20, 1944 during WWII

Operation Spring Awakening

Wars & Conflicts · Lake Balaton

Last major German offensive of World War II

East Prussian Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · East Prussia

1945 Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front in World War II

Georgian uprising on Texel

Wars & Conflicts · Texel

Insurgency

Western Allied invasion of Germany

Wars & Conflicts · Netherlands

1945 offensive by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II

Borneo campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Borneo

1945 last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II

Operation Varsity

Wars & Conflicts · Wesel

1945 Allied operation in WWII

Operation Plunder

Wars & Conflicts · North Rhine-Westphalia

1945 operation, part of a coordinated set of Rhine crossings during WWII

Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

Wars & Conflicts · Lombardy

1945 Allied attack into the Lombardy Plain during WWII

Kuril Islands landing operation

Wars & Conflicts · Kuril Islands

Part of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War

Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)

Wars & Conflicts · ward area of Tokyo

1945 Firebombing raid on Tokyo (WWII)

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Volcano Islands

1945 campaign

Operation Solstice

Wars & Conflicts · Stargard

One of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II

Operation Carthage

Wars & Conflicts · Copenhagen

Air raid on Gestapo Copenhagen 1945

Invasion of Lingayen Gulf

Wars & Conflicts · Lingayen Gulf

1945 invasion, part of World War II

Upper Silesian Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Europe

1945 military offensive

Raid at Cabanatuan

Wars & Conflicts

Rescue of Allied prisoners of World War II in Cabanatuan, Philippines

Moravia–Ostrava offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Moravia

1945 offensive of the Soviet Army during World War II

Bratislava-Brno Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Red Army offensive in WWII

Lower Silesian Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Lower Silesia

1945 military offensive

Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin

Wars & Conflicts · Sakhalin

1945 Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island

bombing of Kobe in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Kobe

Aerial bombing of Kobe, Japan during World War II

Operation Veritable

Wars & Conflicts · Klever Reichswald

1945 battle of World War II

Operation Grenade

Wars & Conflicts · Rhineland

1945 World War II military operation

Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp

Wars & Conflicts · Auschwitz

World War II action

Bombing of Kure

Wars & Conflicts · Port of Kure

1945 naval battle of World War II

1945 Bombing of Prague

Wars & Conflicts · Prague

Aerial attacks by the Allies on German-occupied Prague during WWII

Operation Blackhawk

Wars & Conflicts · Limburg

1945 WWII military operation

Operation Starvation

Wars & Conflicts · Japan

World War II naval mining operation

Operation Tiderace

Wars & Conflicts · Singapore

British reclamation of Singapore from Japanese occupation

Operation Kikusui

Wars & Conflicts · Okinawa

1945 Japanese suicidal air attacks in WW2

Operation Konrad

Wars & Conflicts · Budapest

1945 military operation

Operation Inmate

Wars & Conflicts · Chuuk Lagoon

1945 World War II attack against Japanese positions on Truk Atoll

South China Sea raid

Wars & Conflicts · South China Sea

World War II raid operated by the U.S from Jan 10th to Jan 20th 1945

Operation Lumberjack

Wars & Conflicts · Remagen

1945 military operation

Western Carpathian Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Slovak Republic

Red Army offensive in World War II

Raid on Los Baños

Wars & Conflicts

1945 American-Filipino raid on a Japanese internment camp

Operation Doomsday

Wars & Conflicts · Norway

1945 occupation of Norway by the 1st Airborne Division

Bombing of Obersalzberg

Wars & Conflicts · Obersalzberg

25 April 1945 air raid on Germany

Second Guangxi campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Guangxi

1945 Chinese counter offensive

Samland Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Sambia Peninsula

It was a Soviet offensive on the Eastern Front in the final stages of World War II in Sambia

Raid on Taipei

Wars & Conflicts · Taihoku

1945 large-scale air raids on Taipei during World War II

Bombing of the Bezuidenhout

Wars & Conflicts · The Hague

1945 Aerial bombing operation during World War II

Operation Backfire

Wars & Conflicts · Cuxhaven

1945 British military scientific operation after World War II

atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Wars & Conflicts · Hiroshima

Bombardment of Hiroshima in Japan carried out by the United States using an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War on 6 August 1945

Bombing of Osaka

Wars & Conflicts · Osaka

1945 strategic bombing during World War II

Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Pforzheim

1945 aerial bombing

Operation Tombola

Wars & Conflicts · Albinea

British military operation in Italy (1945)

Operation Jurist

Wars & Conflicts · Penang

British recapture of Penang at the end of World War II

Second Battle of the Alps

Wars & Conflicts · Western Alps

1944/45 campaign on the French/Italian border

Bombing of Potsdam

Wars & Conflicts · Potsdam

1945 airstrike

atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Wars & Conflicts · Nagasaki

Bombardment of Nagasaki in Japan carried out by the United States using an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War on 9 August 1945

Bombing of Okazaki in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Okazaki

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Nagaoka in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Nagaoka

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Landing at Bornholm

Wars & Conflicts · Bornholm

1945 event at the end of World War II

Operation Bowler

Wars & Conflicts · Port of Venice

1945 Allied WWII aerial attack on Venice, Italy

Operation Herring

Wars & Conflicts · Po Valley

WWII operation in Italy

Operation Amherst

Wars & Conflicts · Drenthe

1945 military operation

Operation Beleaguer

Wars & Conflicts · Hebei

1945 United States military operation

Operation Konrad III

Wars & Conflicts · Lake Balaton

Bombing of Akita in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Tsuchizaki Minato

1945 last bombing mission in World War II

Shangdang Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Shanxi

Series of battles in the Chinese Civil War (Sept-Oct 1945)

Bombing of Kure

Wars & Conflicts · Kure

Airstrikes over Japan

Attack on Kure

Wars & Conflicts · Port of Kure

1945 airstrike

Czech Hell

Wars & Conflicts · Czechoslovakia

1945 incident in Czech Republic related to Estonian units in the Waffen-SS

Bombing of Hamamatsu in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Hamamatsu

1945 war tragedy

Bombing of Hiratsuka in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Hiratsuka

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Numazu in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Numazu

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Yawata

Wars & Conflicts · Yahata

1944 three major air raids during World War II

Toyohashi Air Raid

Wars & Conflicts · Toyohashi

Allied air raid of Toyohashi, Japan

Bombing of Sendai during World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Sendai

1945 firebombing of a Japanese city

Bombing of Kumagaya in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Kumagaya

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Fukui

Wars & Conflicts · Fukui

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Fukuoka

Wars & Conflicts · Fukuoka

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Aomori in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Aomori

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Macau

Wars & Conflicts · Macau

1945 aerial bombing

Bombing of Mannheim in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Mannheim

Aerial bombing of Mannheim, Germany during World War II

Bombing of Kuala Lumpur

Wars & Conflicts · Kuala Lumpur

United States Army Air Forces raids in World War II

Operation Roast

Wars & Conflicts · Valli di Comacchio

1945 military operation

Yetaishan Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Shaanxi

1945 military campaign

Operation Encore

Wars & Conflicts

1945 Allied offensive in World War II

Khingan-Mukden Offensive Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Greater Khingan

1945 one of the three fronts involved in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria

bombing of Swinemünde

Wars & Conflicts · Świnoujście

1945 airstrike

Raid on Stanislav

Wars & Conflicts · Ivano-Frankivsk

1945 raid

Bombing of Kōfu in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Kofu

1945 aerial bombing of a city

Bombing of Shizuoka in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Shizuoka

1945 bombing of Shizuoka

Bombing of Yokohama

Wars & Conflicts · Yokohama

1945 strategic bombing during World War II

Potsdam Conference

Politics & Government

Meeting of the Allied heads of state near the end of World War II

Potsdam Declaration

Politics & Government · Potsdam

Document defining the terms for Japanese surrender during World War II

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Politics & Government

1945 agreement ending hostilities in WWII

Nuremberg Charter

Politics & Government

Decree establishing the basis for the Nuremberg Trials

Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina

Politics & Government

1945 overthrow of the French Indochina government by the Japanese

Treaty of Varkiza

Politics & Government · Athens

1945 peace treaty in Greece

Kyūjō Incident

Politics & Government · Tokyo Imperial Palace

Coup d'état

Matsue Incident

Politics & Government · Matsue

Coup d'état attempt in Japan

Benito Mussolini died

People · Giulino

Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945

Paul Valéry died

People · Paris

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

Vidkun Quisling died

People · Akershus Fortress

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

Duy Tân died

People · Lobaye Prefecture

Vietnamese emperor (1899-1945)

John R. Commons died

People · Fort Lauderdale

American economist and historian (1862–1945)

Robert H. Goddard died

People · Baltimore

American physicist

Thomas Hunt Morgan died

People · Pasadena

American biologist (1866–1945)

Stefan Banach died

People · Lviv

Died in Lviv. Polish mathematician (1892–1945).

Francis William Aston died

People · Cambridge

British chemist (1877-1945)

Vladimir Vernadsky died

People · Moscow

Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski died

People · Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Died in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945).

Paul Pelliot died

People · Paris

French sinologist (1878-1945)

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard died

People · Dorking

British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

Alexander Fersman died

People · Sochi

Russian mineralogist (1883–1945)

Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov died

People · Moscow

Russian botanist (1869-1945)

Cosmo Gordon Lang died

People · Kew

British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)

Katti Anker Møller died

People · Torsnes Municipality

Norwegian women's rights activist (1868-1945)

Béla Bartók died

People · New York City

Hungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)

Franz Werfel died

People · Beverly Hills

Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)

Anton Webern died

People · Mittersill

Austrian composer and conductor

Ahmad Maher Pasha died

People · Cairo

Egyptian Prime Minister (1888-1945)

Edwin W. Kemmerer died

People · Princeton

American economist (1875–1945)

Hans Fischer died

People · Munich

German chemist (1881–1945)

Hans Geiger died

People · Potsdam

Died in Potsdam. German physicist (1882–1945).

Robert Ley died

People · Nuremberg Court Prison

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

Zvi Koretz died

People · Tröbitz

Greek chief rabbi (1884–1945)

Moshe Avigdor Amiel died

People · Tel Aviv

Russian rabbi (1882–1945)

Israel Isaac Kahanovitch died

People · Winnipeg

Canadian rabbi

Kitty Kiernan died

People · Granard

Fiancée of Michael Collins (1892–1945)

Zerai Deres died

People · Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

Eritrean anti-fascist

Jerome Kern died

People · New York City

American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945)

James Hennessy died

People · Paris

French politician (1867–1945)

Paul Tirard died

People · 17th arrondissement of Paris

French diplomat (1879–1945)

Carl Copping Plehn died

People · United States

American economist (1867-1945)

Hector Charlesworth died

People · Hamilton

Canadian writer

John Ambrose Fleming died

People · Sidmouth

English electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)

Giovanni Agnelli died

People · Turin

Italian entrepreneur (1866–1945)

Charles Fabry died

People · Paris

French physicist

Aleksey Krylov died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian naval engineer and mathematician (1863-1945)

Julius Dorpmüller died

People · Malente

German politician and railway manager (1869-1945)

Kurt Gerstein died

People · Paris

SS officer; aid to Nazi resistance (1905–1945)

Edward Wilber Berry died

People · Newark

American paleobotanist (1875-1945)

William Trelease died

People · Urbana

American botanist and entomologist (1857–1945)

Percy Sykes died

People · London

British general, diplomat and scholar (1867–1945)

Kurt Dinter died

People · Neukirch/Lausitz

German botanist and explorer (1868-1945)

Ekai Kawaguchi died

People · Daita

Japanese Buddhist monk (1866–1945)

Ménie Muriel Dowie died

People · Tucson

British writer, poet, journalist and essayist (1867–1945)

Elmer Ottis Wooton died

People · Arlington County

U.S. botanist (1865-1945)

Félix Dubois died

People · Paris

French journalist and explorer (1862–1945)

Emily Collins died

People · Myanmar

British botanist (1858-1945)

Lewis Rickinson died

People · Lewisham

British engineer (1883-1945)

Samuel J. Record died

People · Crawfordsville

American botanist & academic (1881–1945)

Hanns Vischer died

People · Newport Pagnell

Swiss-British educationist and colonist in Nigeria

Halina Krahelska died

People · Ravensbrück concentration camp

Polish writer, social activist (1892–1945)

Sadie L. Adams died

People · Chicago

African-American suffragette and club woman (1872-1945)

George Hara Williams died

People · Vancouver

Canadian politician (1894-1945)

Grigorios Lambovitiadis died

People · Dhuvjan

Greek patriot

Ada Belle Dement died

People · Caldwell

American educator

Alla Nazimova died

People · Los Angeles

Russian-American actress (1879–1945)

Yakov Protazanov died

People · Moscow

Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945)

Robert Benchley died

People · New York City

American writer and actor (1889-1945)

Georg Kaiser died

People · Ascona

German dramatist (1878-1945)

Eric Liddell died

People · Weicheng District

Scottish athlete, sprinter, Olympian, Protestant missionary (1902-1945)

Gerhard Gentzen died

People · Prague

German mathematician (1909-1945)

Alexey Favorsky died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian chemist (1860–1945)

Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. died

People · Los Alamos

1940s physicist who died of radiation poisoning (1921–1945)

Frederic Clements died

People · Santa Barbara

American ecologist (1874–1945)

Dmitry Karbyshev died

People · Mauthausen concentration camp

Soviet lieutenant general, former officer of the Russian Imperial Army, Hero of the Soviet Union (1880–1945)

Rudolf von Sebottendorf died

People · Egypt

Died in Egypt. German antisemite, freemason and founder of the Thule Society (1875-1945).

Walter Hohmann died

People · Essen

German engineer (1880-1945)

Arthur Wynne died

People · Clearwater

Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945)

Richard Thomalla died

People · Jičín

SS Officer (1903-1945)

Richard Pfeiffer died

People · Lądek-Zdrój

German physician and bacteriologist (1858–1945)

Pierre Cérésole died

People · Lutry

Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945)

Stefan Mazurkiewicz died

People · Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Died in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Polish mathematician and cryptographer (1888-1945).

Kazimierz Prószyński died

People · Mauthausen concentration camp

Polish inventor (1875-1945)

Wilhelm Wirtinger died

People · Ybbs an der Donau

Austrian mathematician (1865–1945)

Walter Frederick Gale died

People · Waverley

Australian astronomer and banker (1865-1945)

Paul Koebe died

People · Leipzig

German mathematician (1882–1945)

George Willis Ritchey died

People · Azusa

American astronomer (1864–1945)

Maria Orosa died

People · Manila

Filipino chemist (1893-1945)

Arthur Korn died

People · Jersey City

German physicist and mathematician (1870–1945)

Wilhelm Cauer died

People · Berlin

German mathematician and scientist (1900–1945)

Aleksei Chichibabin died

People · Paris

Russian chemist (1871–1945)

Boris Galerkin died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian mathematician (1871–1945)

Paul Daimler died

People · Berlin

German automotive engineer (1869–1945)

Frédéric Sy died

People · Caluire-et-Cuire

French astronomer

Pedro Paulet died

People · Buenos Aires

Peruvian scientist (1874-1945)

Hans Dominik died

People · Berlin

German science fiction author, journalist, engineer (1872–1945)

Otto Hönigschmid died

People · Munich

Austrian chemist (1878–1945)

Georges André died

People · Versailles

French bobsledder (1876-1945)

Isis Pogson died

People · Croydon

British astronomer and meteorologist

Ida Henrietta Hyde died

People · Berkeley

American physiologist (1857–1945)

Dmitry Mirimanoff died

People · Geneva

Russian-Swiss mathematician (1861-1945)

Gunther Burstyn died

People · Korneuburg

Austro-Hungarian Army officer

Theodor Vahlen died

People · Prague

German mathematician and Nazi Party official (1869–1945)

Vincent Hugo Bendix died

People · New York City

American inventor (1882–1945)

Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov died

People · Wiesbaden

Russian politician (1866–1945)

Georges Charpy died

People · Paris

French scientist (1865-1945)

Vyacheslav Shishkov died

People · Moscow

Russian-Soviet writer (1873—1945)

Florencio Harmodio Arosemena died

People · New York City

President of Panama, 1928-1931

Jacob Tamarkin died

People · Bethesda

Russian-American mathematician (1888–1945)

Blas Cabrera Felipe died

People · Mexico City

Spanish physicist (1878-1945)

Hirayama Shin died

People · Suwa

Japanese astronomer (1867–1945)

Jakob Buchli died

People · Winterthur

Swiss engineer (1876-1945)

Hermann Föttinger died

People · Berlin

German engineer (1877–1945)

George Macartney died

People · Nanjing

British diplomat (1867–1945)

Anton Colijn died

People · Mentok

Died in Mentok. Dutch mountain climber (1894–1945).

Brooke Dolan II died

People · Chongqing

American explorer (1908-1945)

Fernand Grenard died

People · Saint-Mandé

French diplomat and explorer (1866-1945)

Otto Lindner died

People · Ypres

German engineer and explorer (1852-1945)

Sarah Lavanburg Straus died

People · New York City

American philanthropist, explorer and wife of diplomat Oscar Straus

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow died

People · Schorndorf

German ethnologist (1874-1945)

Charles Henry Dudley Ryder died

People · Bognor Regis

British surveyor in India

Mori Koben died

People · Tosa Province

Japanese businessman

Michael Spender died

People · Kensington

Explorer (1906-1945)

M. Cravath Simpson died

People · Boston

African American Singer, public speaker, clubwoman, podiatrist

Helen Carruthers Mackenzie died

People · Edinburgh

Educationist and public health campaigner (1859-1945)

Gustav Flatow died

People · Theresienstadt concentration camp

German gymnast (1875-1945)

Blind Willie Johnson died

People · Beaumont

American blues musician (1897–1945)

Lucille La Verne died

People · Culver City

American actress (1872–1945)

Harry Liedtke died

People · Bad Saarow

German actor (1882–1945)

Alexander Granach died

People · New York City

German-Austrian actor

Aung San Suu Kyi born

People · Yangon

Born in Yangon. Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva born

People · Caetés

Born in Caetés. President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023.

Rodrigo Duterte born

People · Maasin

Born in Maasin. President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (born 1945).

Patrick Modiano born

People · Boulogne-Billancourt

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt. French writer.

Daniel Ortega born

People · La Libertad

Born in La Libertad. Leader of Nicaragua (1979–1990; 2007–present).

Radovan Karadžić born

People · Petnjica

Born in Petnjica. Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide.

Ehud Olmert born

People · Nahalat Jabotinsky

Born in Nahalat Jabotinsky. Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009.

Ram Nath Kovind born

People · Kanpur Dehat district

Born in Kanpur Dehat district. President of India from 2017 to 2022.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune born

People · Mécheria

Born in Mécheria. President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria since 2019.

Nikita Mikhalkov born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian film director, writer, producer and actor (born 1945).

Laurent Gbagbo born

People · Gagnoa

Born in Gagnoa. 4th President of Ivory Coast.

Mahinda Rajapaksa born

People · Weeraketiya

Born in Weeraketiya. President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015.

Chandrika Kumaratunga born

People · Colombo

Born in Colombo. President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005.

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi born

People · Abyan Governorate

Born in Abyan Governorate. President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022.

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta born

People · Koutiala

Born in Koutiala. Malian politician.

John Lithgow born

People · Rochester

Born in Rochester. American actor (born 1945).

Steve Martin born

People · Waco

Born in Waco. American comedian, actor, musician and writer (born 1945).

Rainer Werner Fassbinder born

People · Bad Wörishofen

Born in Bad Wörishofen. German filmmaker, playwright and actor (1945-1982).

Moshe Katsav born

People · Yazd

Born in Yazd. 8th President of Israel (2000–2007).

Desi Bouterse born

People · Domburg

Born in Domburg. Leader of Suriname (1980–1987, 2010–2020).

Priscilla Presley born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. American actress and businesswoman.

Angus Deaton born

People · Edinburgh

Born in Edinburgh. British microeconomist (born 1945).

Yochanan Vollach born

People · Kiryat Bialik

Born in Kiryat Bialik. Israeli footballer.

Moncef Marzouki born

People · Grombalia

Born in Grombalia. Tunisian politician.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan born

People · Aleppo

Born in Aleppo. First President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998.

Alain Juppé born

People · Mont-de-Marsan

Born in Mont-de-Marsan. 92nd Prime Minister of France (born 1945).

James Avery born

People · Suffolk

Born in Suffolk. American actor (1945–2013).

Micheline Calmy-Rey born

People · Sion

Born in Sion. Member of the Swiss Federal Council.

Van Morrison born

People · Belfast

Born in Belfast. Northern Irish musician.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit born

People · Montauban

Born in Montauban. German/French journalist and politician.

Slobodan Praljak born

People · Čapljina

Born in Čapljina. Bosnian Croat general and war criminal (1945–2017).

Haris Silajdžić born

People · Sarajevo

Born in Sarajevo. Bosnian politician and academic.

Dean Koontz born

People · Everett

Born in Everett. American writer and screenwriter (born 1945).

Jeremy Rifkin born

People · Denver

Born in Denver. American economist.

Adam Zagajewski born

People · Lviv

Born in Lviv. Polish poet (1945-2021).

Shulamith Firestone born

People · Ottawa

Born in Ottawa. Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012).

Vladislav Ardzinba born

People · Eshera

Born in Eshera. President of Abkhazia (1945-2010).

Douglas Hofstadter born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American physicist, computer scientist and professor of cognitive science.

David D. Friedman born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist.

Clarissa Pinkola Estés born

People · Gary

Born in Gary. American psychoanalyst and writer.

Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent born

People · Karlovy Vary

Born in Karlovy Vary. Wife of Prince Michael of Kent.

Bob Gunton born

People · Santa Monica

Born in Santa Monica. American film, television and stage actor.

Connie Willis born

People · Denver

Born in Denver. American science fiction writer.

Javed Akhtar born

People · Khairabad

Born in Khairabad. Indian writer, poet and lyricist.

Driss Jettou born

People · El Jadida

Born in El Jadida. Prime Minister of Morocco.

Al Stewart born

People · Glasgow

Born in Glasgow. Scottish singer-songwriter, folk-rock musician.

Wilma Mankiller born

People · Tahlequah

Born in Tahlequah. Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1945–2010).

Meir Dagan born

People · Kherson

Born in Kherson. Israeli general and spy (1945–2016).

Peter Lamborn Wilson born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American political writer, poet, and essayist (1945–2022).

Simon Schama born

People · London

Born in London. British University Professor of Art History and History.

Joseph James Dengelo born

People · Bath

Born in Bath. American serial killer, rapist, burglar and former police officer.

Patricia Crone born

People · Lejre Municipality

Born in Lejre Municipality. Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015).

Michael Hayden born

People · Pittsburgh

Born in Pittsburgh. United States Air Force four-star general.

Abdolkarim Soroush born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Iranian writer and philosopher.

Brewster H. Shaw born

People · Michigan

Born in Michigan. American astronaut.

Susan Haack born

People · England

Born in England. English professor of philosophy and law.

Paul Kennedy born

People · Wallsend

Born in Wallsend. British historian.

Elizabeth Moon born

People · McAllen

Born in McAllen. American fiction writer (born 1945).

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Iranian politician and former chairman of the Parliament.

Rüdiger Safranski born

People · Rottweil

Born in Rottweil. German philosopher.

Walter Momper born

People · Sulingen

Born in Sulingen. German politician.

Gennady Burbulis born

People · Pervouralsk

Born in Pervouralsk. Russian politician (1945-2022).

Mike Mullane born

People · Wichita Falls

Born in Wichita Falls. American astronaut.

Ronald J. Grabe born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American astronaut.

Peter Pace born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vincenzo Paglia born

People · Boville Ernica

Born in Boville Ernica. Italian catholic archbishop.

Tom Segev born

People · Jerusalem

Born in Jerusalem. Israeli historian.

Avi Shlaim born

People · Baghdad

Born in Baghdad. Israeli-British historian (born 1945).

Greil Marcus born

People · San Francisco

Born in San Francisco. American author, music journalist and cultural critic.

James Buchli born

People · New Rockford

Born in New Rockford. Recipient of the Purple Heart medal.

Bruno Nuytten born

People · Melun

Born in Melun. French cinematographer and director (born 1945).

Ami Ayalon born

People · Tiberias

Born in Tiberias. Israeli politician.

Roger Chartier born

People · Lyon

Born in Lyon. French historian.

Birendra of Nepal born

People · Kathmandu

Born in Kathmandu. King of Nepal (1945–2001).

William, Prince of Albania died

People · Predeal

Died in Predeal. Prince of Albania (1876–1945).

Adolf Bertram died

People · Jánský Vrch

Died in Jánský Vrch. German cardinal (1859-1945).

Jusztinián György Serédi died

People · Esztergom

Died in Esztergom. Hungarian Catholic cardinal (1884-1945).

Claude Goasguen born

People · Toulon

Born in Toulon. French politician (1945–2020).

Trinity

Science & Technology · Jornada del Muerto

1945 first detonation of a nuclear weapon

University of Łódź

Science & Technology · Łódź

University in Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Science & Technology · Toruń

University in Toruń (Poland)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Science & Technology

Public research institute in Mumbai, India

Texas Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Texas, United States

Kraków University of Technology

Science & Technology

Technical university in Kraków, Poland

Shanghai Theatre Academy

Science & Technology

University in Shanghai, China

University of Valle

Science & Technology

Public university in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Uzhhorod National University

Science & Technology

University in Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Osaka University of Arts

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Roosevelt University

Science & Technology

Private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Technical University of Sofia

Science & Technology

Higher school in Sofia, Bulgaria

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Science & Technology

Research institute

N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

Alecu Russo State University of Bălți

Science & Technology · Bălți

University in Bălți, Moldova

Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Science & Technology

Academic publisher

Plovdiv Medical University

Science & Technology

Medical school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Brest State A.S. Pushkin University

Science & Technology

Public university in Brest, Belarus

Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport

Science & Technology · Yerevan

Belarusian State Academy of Arts

Science & Technology · Minsk

Higher education in Minsk, Belarus

Enrico Fermi Institute

Science & Technology

Chicago, Illinois, US

Hefei University of Technology

Science & Technology

University in China

Nara Medical University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Nara Prefecture, Japan

King Mihai I University of Life Sciences of Timisoara

Science & Technology

University in Timișoara, Romania

University of Ruse

Science & Technology

Public university

Wakayama Medical University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography

Science & Technology

Research institute in Georgia (country)

Bolyai University

Science & Technology

Former university in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Federal Rural University of Amazonia

Science & Technology

Federal public university in Belém, Pará

Agricultural University Plovdiv

Science & Technology

Education organization in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Science & Technology

Dutch government agency

Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics

Science & Technology

Physics research institute in Moscow, Russia

Indiana University Kokomo

Science & Technology

Public university in Kokomo, Indiana

Kingswood University

Science & Technology

Private Christian university in Sussex

University of Tolima

Science & Technology

Institute of Physics and Power Engineering JSC

Science & Technology

Research institute in the USSR and Russia

UAB Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Alabama, United States

National Orthopaedic Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria

Tarlac College of Agriculture

Science & Technology

Public university in Tarlac, Philippines

Darrang College

Science & Technology

College in Assam

Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Biliran Province State University

Science & Technology

Naval, Biliran, Philippines

Kulyab State University

Science & Technology · Kulob

Education organization in Kŭlob, Tajikistan

Ramananda College

Science & Technology

Wonderful College

Jen-Ai Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Taiwan

A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery

Science & Technology

Facility in Moscow, Russia

Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital

Arctic Institute of North America

Science & Technology

Research institute

Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Instytut Pojazdów Szynowych „Tabor”

Science & Technology

Polish research institute

Da Nang Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Vietnam

Carabineros Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Santiago, Chile

University Hospital "Shefqet Ndroqi"

Science & Technology

Hospital in Albania

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Science & Technology · Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Museum in the United States

Botanical Garden St. Gallen

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in St. Gallen, Switzerland

Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory

Kansai Gaidai University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Berklee College of Music

Science & Technology

Independent college of contemporary music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Academy of Performing Arts

Science & Technology

University in Prague

National University of Lesotho

Science & Technology

University in Roma, Lesotho

Łódź University of Technology

Science & Technology

University of technology in Łódź, Poland

Silesian University of Technology

Science & Technology

Technical university in Gliwice, Poland

Academy of Fine Arts In Łódź

Science & Technology

Academy of fine arts in Łódź, Poland

Carmel Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Haifa, Israel

Military Academy

Science & Technology

Army education school in Central Java, Indonesia

National Defence University of Warsaw

Science & Technology

Military academy in Poland

Kiryat Shlomo

Science & Technology

Place in Central

Kansai Gaidai College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Natural Science and Technical Academy Isny

Science & Technology

Private German university

Morgan Arboretum

Science & Technology

Forested reserve in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Lithuanian Sports University

Science & Technology

University in Lithuania

Korea Maritime and Ocean University

Science & Technology

National university in Busan, South Korea

Coves de Campanet

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Campanet, Balearic Islands, Spain

Awa Maru incident

Exploration & Discovery · Taiwan Strait

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in North Dakota, United States

Fakhr al-Dawla Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Darvazeh Shemiran

Mosque in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

Cathedral of St Louis in Thakhek

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Szczecin

Religion & Belief Systems

Tarlac Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Tarlac, Philippines

Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Cascade

Small Russian Orthodox cathedral in Seattle

Synagogue in Łódź

Religion & Belief Systems

church of St Valerius of Saragossa

Religion & Belief Systems · Zaragoza

Church in Saragossa, Spain

Kerkhofkapel Melick

Religion & Belief Systems · Melick

Chapel in Melick, Netherlands

Memorial cross for resistance fighters

Religion & Belief Systems · Bussummerheide

Memorial in Hilversum, the Netherlands

Monument to Keesje Bride

Religion & Belief Systems · Amsterdam-Oost

War memorial in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Woeste Hoeve

Religion & Belief Systems · Woeste Hoeve

Huayu Jin Niang Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple in Wang'an, Penghu, Taiwan

Huayu Chinglong Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple in Wang'an, Penghu, Taiwan

Chimei Huangde Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple in Penghu, Taiwan

Tongpan Kuihsing Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple in Penghu, Taiwan

Sint-Jozefkapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Heythuysen

Chapel in Heythuysen, Netherlands

First Methodist Church, Gatlinburg

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Tennessee, United States of America

Our Lady of the Forsaken

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Breña, Peru

Our Lady of Sorrows chapel in Jodłowa

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Jodłowa, Poland

Creu de terme de la Gleva

Religion & Belief Systems

Sainte-Thérèse Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Champel

Church building in the city of Geneva, Switzerland

Baskin-Robbins

Economy & Trade · Canton

American multinational ice cream parlor chain

Tata Motors Ltd

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company

Mattel

Economy & Trade · El Segundo

American multinational toy and entertainment company

Mahindra & Mahindra

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

Indian multinational automobile manufacturer

Middle East Airlines - Air Liban

Economy & Trade · Beirut

Flag-carrier airline of Lebanon

Bic

Economy & Trade · Clichy

French manufacturing company

Sennheiser

Economy & Trade · Wedemark

Audio electronics manufacturer from Germany

Narodowy Bank Polski

Economy & Trade · Warsaw

Central bank of Poland

Grupo Bimbo

Economy & Trade · Mexico City

Mexican multinational food company

Vestas

Economy & Trade · Aarhus

Manufacturer of wind turbines

J.C. Bamford Excavators

Economy & Trade · Rocester

British equipment manufacturer

Safran Aircraft Engines

Economy & Trade · Courcouronnes

Aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer based in France

Würth

Economy & Trade · Künzelsau

German worldwide retail store and wholesaler of fasteners and tools

Pantene

Economy & Trade · Switzerland

Brand of hair care products owned by Procter & Gamble

Wipro

Economy & Trade · Bengaluru

Indian information technology services corporation headquartered in Bengaluru, India

Gdańsk Shipyard

Economy & Trade · Gdańsk

Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland

Alcon

Economy & Trade · Geneva

Medical company

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd

Economy & Trade · Haifa

Israeli Shipping company

CARE International

Economy & Trade · Geneva

International humanitarian agency

Minute Maid

Economy & Trade · Sugar Land

Business of fruit juice beverages

Toyo Tire Corporation

Economy & Trade · Itami

Company

Ivchenko-Progress

Economy & Trade · Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer

Kasikornbank

Economy & Trade · Bangkok

Financial institution in Thailand

Elan

Economy & Trade · Begunje na Gorenjskem

Slovenian company specializing in sporting goods

Grundfos

Economy & Trade · Bjerringbro

Company

Kaiser Permanente

Economy & Trade · Oakland

American integrated managed care company

Ramboll

Economy & Trade · Ørestad

Danish consulting engineering group

Lviv Bus Factory

Economy & Trade · Lviv

Bus manufacturing company in Lviv, Ukraine (1945-2014)

Mercer

Economy & Trade · New York City

American global human resource and related financial services consulting firm

Mahindra Group

Economy & Trade · Mumbai

Indian multinational conglomerate corporation

Bank of Ayudhya

Economy & Trade · Bangkok

Company

Shonengahosha

Economy & Trade · Kanda-Misakichō

Japanese publishing company

Techint

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian and Argentine conglomerate

Cantor Fitzgerald

Economy & Trade · New York City

American financial services company

Eppendorf

Economy & Trade · Hamburg

Company

Amati Kraslice

Economy & Trade · Kraslice

Czech musical instrument manufacturer

Blizzard Ski

Economy & Trade · Mittersill

Austrian alpine ski manufacturer

Amica S.A.

Economy & Trade · Wronki

Public company

Constellation Brands

Economy & Trade · Victor

American alcoholic beverage manufacturer

Matisa

Economy & Trade · Crissier

Swiss manufacturer of railway machinery

Southern Company

Economy & Trade · Atlanta

US electricity corporation

AVM Productions

Economy & Trade · Vadapalani

Indian motion picture company

Weatherby

Economy & Trade · Sheridan

American gun manufacturer

1945 Balochistan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Natural disaster in Pakistan

1945 Mikawa earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake offshore near Aichi prefecture, Japan

Dachau liberation reprisals

Disasters & Pandemics · Dachau concentration camp

Reprisals against Germans during the liberation of Dachau

Chenogne massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Chenogne

WWII war crime

Bar massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Bar

Mass shooting of ethnic Albanians

Kočevski Rog massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kočevski Rog

Massacre

Metgethen massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo

1945 Soviet killing of German civilians

Ústí massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ústí nad Labem

The Lost Train

Disasters & Pandemics

Train transporting Nazi prisoners in 1945

Kraków pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Kraków

Anti-Jewish riot in Kraków right after the Holocaust

Deutsch Schützen massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg

1945 mass killing in Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg, Austria

Amsterdam shooting on the Dam, 7 May 1945

Disasters & Pandemics · Dam Square

Event where civilians of Amsterdam lost their lives at the end of WWII

Pawłokoma massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Pawłokoma

World War II massacre

Topoľčany pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Topoľčany

Roit in Topoľčany, Slovakia

Celle massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Celle

1945 massacre of Nazi concentration camp escapees

Massacre in the Arnsberg Forest

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre of Forced Labourers by Nazi Germany

Postoloprty massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Postoloprty

Massacre in Czechoslovakia

Tezno trench

Disasters & Pandemics · Tezno

massacre at Rohoncz

Disasters & Pandemics · Schloss Rohoncz

Massacre of Jews after a Nazi party at Schloss Rohoncz

Villarbasse massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Villarbasse

Last instance of death sentence in Italy

Martyrs of Široki Brijeg

Disasters & Pandemics · Široki Brijeg

28 friars killed in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Wierzchowiny massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Wierzchowiny

Massacre by Polish nationalists

Midnight Massacre (1945)

Disasters & Pandemics · Utah

Mass killing in the United States

Macelj massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Macelj

1945 massacre in Macelj, Croatia

Niederkaina massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Niederkaina

Massacre of German POWs commited by the Red Army during the Second World War.

Explosion at Prüm

Disasters & Pandemics

1949 Explosion in West Germany

massacre in Trhová Kamenice

Disasters & Pandemics · Trhová Kamenice

Nazi massacre of Czech civilians

Skopów Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Skopów

1945 El Teniente mining accident

Disasters & Pandemics

Biggest metallic mining accident in history

Barbara Pit

Disasters & Pandemics · Huda Jama

1945 mass murders by Yugoslav partisans

Porzûs massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre of 17 Brigate Osoppo partisans by communist partisans in Italy in 1945

Przyszowice massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Przyszowice

Massacre in Przyszowice, Poland

Gračani massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Zagreb

Jungholzhausen massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Braunsbach

April 1945 US war crime in Germany

Rovetta massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Rovetta

1945 killings in Italy

Schio massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Schio

Mass prisoner killing in 1945

Osijek prison massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Osijek

1945 OZNA's killings in Croatia

Radogoszcz Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Mass murder by the Germans of nearly 1,500 Poles held in the police prison in Radogoszcz in Lodz, Jan. 17/18, 1945

Massacre of Lippach

Disasters & Pandemics · Lippach

1945 American war crime in Germany

Prague Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Prague

Uprising attempting to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation during World War II

August Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Vietnam

1945 uprising led by Viet Minh

1945 Tripoli pogrom

Social Movements & Revolutions · Tripoli

Rioting against Jews in North Africa (1945)

1945 Cairo - Alexandria pogrom

Social Movements & Revolutions · Alexandria

Egyptian Nationalist Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Character as part of the wave of violence aimed at Jews in the Arab world. Jews were murdered and injured. Synagogues, Jewish school, nursing homes were burned and over 100 Jewish businesses were looted

1945 Hazara Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Shahristan District

Rebellion in the Kingdom of Afghanistan

Kórnica Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kórnica

1945 rebellion of Germans and Silesians against Polish authorities

Halifax Riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Halifax

Riot by sailor in Halifax surrounding V-E day

Aldershot riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Aldershot

1945 riot by Canadian troops in England

Kelmend uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kelmend

1945 rebellion

Sheikh Bashir rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · British Somaliland

1945 rebellion waged by Habr Je'lo tribesmen

Kalimantan Physical Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Borneo

1945–1950 armed conflict in Indonesia

Drenica Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Drenica

1945 rebellion in Kosovo

1945 Jos riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Jos

Series of ethnic conflicts

Rajadamnern Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sport arena

Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome, Italy

Estadio Insular

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (European Union), demolished in 2014

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-purpose stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador

Lluís Sitjar stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Demolished stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Stade 8 Mai 1945

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Algeria

Sophienkirche

Architecture & Engineering

Destroyed church building in Dresden, Germany

Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Lake Placid

Stadium at Lake Placid, New York, USA

Vincent de Paul Basilica in Bydgoszcz

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Městský stadion

Architecture & Engineering · Ústí nad Labem

Stadium in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Young Nak Presbyterian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Seoul, Republic of Korea

Estadio Municipal Los Arcos

Architecture & Engineering · Orihuela

Football ground in Orihuela, Spain

Stadio Gino Alfonso Sada

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Monza, Italy

Åbyhøj Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark

Paróquia Santa Teresinha

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in São Paulo, Brazil

Gradski stadion Luke

Architecture & Engineering · Mrkonjić Grad

Stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Annfield Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Stirling

Stadium in Stirling, Scotland, UK

Peats Ferry Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Australia

Stade Théophile Hoarau

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Saint-Louis

Birya Fortress

Architecture & Engineering

Fortress built during the British Mandate, near the modern town of Birya

Soviet War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Tiergarten

War memorial in Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany

Soviet War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Memorial in Landstraße, Austria

Polish Cemetery at Monte Cassino

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery

Italian Chapel

Architecture & Engineering · Lamb Holm

Chapel in the Orkney islands built by Italian prisoners of war

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering · Oosterbeek

Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in The Netherlands

Berlin 1939–1945 War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering · Westend

Cemetery in Berlin, Germany

Huguenot Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Monument to the Huguenots in Franschhoek, South Africa

Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery in Poland

Museu Arqueològic Camil Visedo

Architecture & Engineering

Museum located in Alcoi (Alicante), Spain.

Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal

Architecture & Engineering · Overveen

Honorary burial for Dutch resistance fighters in Bloemendaal

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Germany

Pamyatnik 1200 gvardeitsam

Architecture & Engineering

Boeroes Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Memorial in Groningen, Suriname

Church in Yangiyol

Architecture & Engineering

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Kryvyi Rih, Pivdennyi Avenue

Architecture & Engineering · Inhuletskyi District

Taoyuan Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Mierlo War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering · Mierlo

Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Mierlo, The Netherlands

Jonkerbos War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

WWII CWGC cemetery in Netherlands

Coriano Ridge War Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery in Coriano, Italy

Soviet military cemetery in Wrocław

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery

Military cemetery in Kleinmachnow

Architecture & Engineering

Military cemetery with memorial in Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg, Germany

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

national Historic Site of the United States

Columbia State Historic Park

Architecture & Engineering

California State Historic Park

Holy Resurrection Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Alaska, United States

Partisan cemetery in Prištinа

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery in Prištinа

Copa de Oro Argentina

Sports & Entertainment · Camp de Les Corts

Football match

Caramoor International Music Festival

Sports & Entertainment

Music festival in New York, USA

Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Novosibirsk

Theatre in Novosibirsk

Macedonian National Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Skopje

National Film Actors' Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Povarskaya Street

Theatre in Moscow, Russia

Baj Pomorski Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Torun, Poland

Lido Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Medellín, Colombia

Těšín Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Český Těšín, Czech Republic

Jan Kochanowski Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Opole, Poland

Teatr Syrena

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Warsaw, Poland

Temporada Romagnola

Sports & Entertainment · Romagna

Landestheater Tübingen

Sports & Entertainment

Building in Tübingen, Tübingen Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany

Transcarpathain academic regional Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theatre Brothers Yuri-Augustin and Yevgeni Seregij

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre and opera house in Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Russian Theatre for Children and Teenagers

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Kazakhstan

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

Sports & Entertainment · West Flanders

Recurring sporting event

Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

Sports & Entertainment · Flanders

Belgian one-day cycling race

Argentine Rugby Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Argentina

Defunct rugby union competition in Argentina

1945 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Sports & Entertainment · Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium

Football match

Chrysler Classic of Tucson

Sports & Entertainment · Tucson

Golf

Indonesia founded

Empires & Countries · Jakarta

Indonesia was founded, with its capital at Jakarta.

Nazi Germany dissolved

Empires & Countries · Berlin

Nazi Germany ceased to exist, having been centered at Berlin.

North Vietnam founded

Empires & Countries · Hanoi

North Vietnam was founded, with its capital at Hanoi.

Manchukuo dissolved

Empires & Countries · Changchun

Manchukuo ceased to exist, having been centered at Changchun.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Kingdom of Yugoslavia ceased to exist, having been centered at Belgrade.

Italian Social Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Rome

Italian Social Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Rome.

Independent State of Croatia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Zagreb

Independent State of Croatia ceased to exist, having been centered at Zagreb.

Slovak Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bratislava

Slovak Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Bratislava.

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Prague

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ceased to exist, having been centered at Prague.

Socialist Republic of Montenegro founded

Empires & Countries · Podgorica

Socialist Republic of Montenegro was founded, with its capital at Podgorica.

Socialist Republic of Slovenia founded

Empires & Countries · Ljubljana

Socialist Republic of Slovenia was founded, with its capital at Ljubljana.

Nguyen dynasty dissolved

Empires & Countries · Huế

Nguyen dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Huế.

Mengjiang dissolved

Empires & Countries · Zhangjiakou

Mengjiang ceased to exist, having been centered at Zhangjiakou.

Empire of Vietnam founded

Empires & Countries · Huế

Empire of Vietnam was founded, with its capital at Huế.

Third Czechoslovak Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Prague

Third Czechoslovak Republic was founded, with its capital at Prague.

Empire of Vietnam dissolved

Empires & Countries · Huế

Empire of Vietnam ceased to exist, having been centered at Huế.

Wang Jingwei regime dissolved

Empires & Countries · Nanjing

Wang Jingwei regime ceased to exist, having been centered at Nanjing.

People's Republic of Korea founded

Empires & Countries · Seoul

People's Republic of Korea was founded, with its capital at Seoul.

People's Republic of Korea dissolved

Empires & Countries · Seoul

People's Republic of Korea ceased to exist, having been centered at Seoul.

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea dissolved

Empires & Countries · Seoul

Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ceased to exist, having been centered at Seoul.

Second Philippine Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Manila

Second Philippine Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Manila.

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia founded

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was founded, with its capital at Belgrade.

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Democratic Federal Yugoslavia ceased to exist, having been centered at Belgrade.

State of Burma dissolved

Empires & Countries · Yangon

State of Burma ceased to exist, having been centered at Yangon.

United States Army Military Government in Korea founded

Empires & Countries · Seoul

United States Army Military Government in Korea was founded, with its capital at Seoul.

Soviet Civil Administration founded

Empires & Countries · Pyongyang

Soviet Civil Administration was founded, with its capital at Pyongyang.

Republic of Baden dissolved

Empires & Countries · Karlsruhe

Republic of Baden ceased to exist, having been centered at Karlsruhe.

Free People's State of Württemberg dissolved

Empires & Countries · Stuttgart

Free People's State of Württemberg ceased to exist, having been centered at Stuttgart.

Fourth Brazilian Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Brasília

Fourth Brazilian Republic was founded, with its capital at Brasília.

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia founded

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was founded, with its capital at Belgrade.

Third Republic of the Philippines founded

Empires & Countries · Manila

Third Republic of the Philippines was founded, with its capital at Manila.

Socialist Republic of Croatia founded

Empires & Countries · Zagreb

Socialist Republic of Croatia was founded, with its capital at Zagreb.

Federal Dependencies founded

Empires & Countries

Federal Dependencies was founded.

Azerbaijan People's Government founded

Empires & Countries · Tabriz

Azerbaijan People's Government was founded, with its capital at Tabriz.

Beidou Township founded

Empires & Countries

Beidou Township was founded.

Inner Mongolian People's Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Sonid Right Banner

Inner Mongolian People's Republic was founded, with its capital at Sonid Right Banner.

San Antonio Pajonal founded

Empires & Countries

San Antonio Pajonal was founded.

Sinarsky District founded

Empires & Countries

Sinarsky District was founded.