1945

This page lists news articles and events for the year 1945.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Undated

• Event: After World War II, a Communist party is elected in San Marino
• Fiction: Albus Dumbledore defeats the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald; any connection between this event and the fall of Adolf Hitler is purely conjectural
• Scientific Property: All Low-Background Metal dates to 1945 or older. The proliferation of the atomic bomb literally changes the chemistry of the air we breathe, and contaminates the steel we've made ever since.

January

February

March

April

May

• May 7:
  • Event: Germany surrenders to the United States, United Kingdom, and France.
• May 8:
  • Event: Germany surrenders to the Soviet Union. The European theater of World War II ends.

June

July

• July 16:
  • Event: Trinity Test, the first atomic bomb detonation, takes place in New Mexico.

August

• August 15:
  • Event: Japan surrenders. World War II ends.

September

October

November

December