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USA-related events during the year of 1945
Events from the year 1945 in the United States .
World War II ended during this year following the surrender of
Germany in May and that of
Japan in September.
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Chauncey Sparks (
Democratic )
Governor of Arizona :
Sidney Preston Osborn (
Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas :
Homer Martin Adkins (
Democratic ) (until January 9),
Benjamin Travis Laney (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of California :
Earl Warren (
Republican )
Governor of Colorado :
John Charles Vivian (
Republican )
Governor of Connecticut :
Raymond E. Baldwin (
Republican )
Governor of Delaware :
Walter W. Bacon (
Republican )
Governor of Florida :
Spessard Holland (
Democratic ) (until January 2),
Millard F. Caldwell (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Georgia :
Ellis Arnall (
Democratic )
Governor of Idaho :
Governor of Illinois :
Dwight H. Green (
Republican )
Governor of Indiana :
Henry F. Schricker (
Democratic ) (until January 8),
Ralph F. Gates (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Iowa :
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (
Republican ) (until January 11),
Robert D. Blue (
Republican ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Kansas :
Andrew F. Schoeppel (
Republican )
Governor of Kentucky :
Simeon S. Willis (
Republican )
Governor of Louisiana :
Jimmie H. Davis (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Sumner Sewall (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Horace A. Hildreth (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Maryland :
Herbert R. O'Conor (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Leverett Saltonstall (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Maurice J. Tobin (
Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Michigan :
Harry Kelly (
Republican )
Governor of Minnesota :
Edward John Thye (
Republican )
Governor of Mississippi :
Thomas L. Bailey (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Forrest C. Donnell (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Phil M. Donnelly (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Montana :
Sam C. Ford (
Republican )
Governor of Nebraska :
Dwight Griswold (
Republican )
Governor of Nevada :
Edward P. Carville (
Democratic ) (until July 24),
Vail M. Pittman (
Democratic ) (starting July 24)
Governor of New Hampshire :
Robert O. Blood (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Charles M. Dale (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of New Jersey :
Walter Evans Edge (
Republican )
Governor of New Mexico :
John J. Dempsey (
Democratic )
Governor of New York :
Thomas Dewey (
Republican )
Governor of North Carolina :
J. Melville Broughton (
Democratic ) (until January 4),
R. Gregg Cherry (
Democratic ) (until January 4)
Governor of North Dakota :
John Moses (
Democratic ) (until January 4),
Fred G. Aandahl (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Ohio :
John W. Bricker (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Frank J. Lausche (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Oklahoma :
Robert S. Kerr (
Democratic )
Governor of Oregon :
Earl Snell (
Republican )
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Edward Martin (
Republican )
Governor of Rhode Island :
J. Howard McGrath (
Democratic ) (until October 6),
John Orlando Pastore (
Democratic ) (starting October 6)
Governor of South Carolina :
Olin D. Johnston (
Democratic ) (until January 2),
Ransome Judson Williams (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of South Dakota :
Merrill Q. Sharpe (
Republican )
Governor of Tennessee :
Prentice Cooper (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Jim Nance McCord (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Texas :
Coke R. Stevenson (
Democratic )
Governor of Utah :
Herbert B. Maw (
Democratic )
Governor of Vermont :
William H. Wills (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Mortimer R. Proctor (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Virginia :
Colgate Darden (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Arthur B. Langlie (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Monrad C. Wallgren (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of West Virginia :
Matthew M. Neely (
Democratic ) (until January 15),
Clarence W. Meadows (
Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Governor of Wisconsin :
Walter S. Goodland (
Republican )
Governor of Wyoming :
Lester C. Hunt (
Democratic )
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
Leven H. Ellis (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas :
James Lavesque Shaver (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Frederick F. Houser (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
William Eugene Higby (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
William L. Hadden (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Charles Wilbert Snow (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
Isaac J. MacCollum (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Elbert N. Carvel (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Hugh W. Cross (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Charles M. Dawson (
Democratic ) (until January 8),
Richard T. James (
Republican ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
Robert D. Blue (
Republican ) (until January 11),
Kenneth A. Evans (
Republican ) (starting January 11)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Jess C. Denious, Sr. (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
Kenneth H. Tuggle (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
J. Emile Verret (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
Horace T. Cahill (
Republican ) (until January 3), vacant (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Eugene C. Keyes (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Vernon J. Brown (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Archie H. Miller (
Republican ) (until January 2),
C. Elmer Anderson (
Republican ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
Fielding L. Wright (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : vacant (until January 8),
Walter Naylor Davis (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
Ernest T. Eaton (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Roy W. Johnson (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada :
Vail M. Pittman (
Democratic ) (until July 24), vacant (starting July 24)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : James B. Jones (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Joseph R. Hanley (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
Reginald L. Harris (
Democratic ) (until January 4),
Lynton Y. Ballentine (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : vacant (until January 4),
Clarence P. Dahl (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Paul M. Herbert (
Republican ) (until January 8),
George D. Nye (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
James E. Berry (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
John C. Bell, Jr. (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
until month and day unknown: vacant
month and day unknown:
John O. Pastore (
Democratic )
starting month and day unknown: vacant
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
Ransome Judson Williams (
Democratic ) (until January 2), vacant (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
A. C. Miller (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Sioux K. Grigsby (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Joseph H. Ballew (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Larry Morgan (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
John Lee Smith (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
Mortimer R. Proctor (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Lee E. Emerson (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
William M. Tuck (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
Victor A. Meyers (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
Oscar Rennebohm (
Republican )
Events
January
January 20:
Franklin D. Roosevelt , the 32nd
president of the United States , begins his fourth term
Harry S. Truman becomes the 34th U.S. vice president
February
February 4–11:
Yalta Conference
March
March 1 – President
Franklin D. Roosevelt gives what will be his last address to a joint session of Congress, reporting on the
Yalta Conference .
March 2 – Former Vice President
Henry Agard Wallace starts his term of office as
U.S. Secretary of Commerce , serving under President Roosevelt.
March 3 –
WW II : United States and Filipino troops take
Manila ,
Philippines .
March 7 –
WW II : American troops seize the bridge over the
Rhine River at
Remagen , Germany and begin to cross.
March 15 – The
17th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by
John Cromwell and
Bob Hope , is held at
Grauman's Chinese Theater in
Hollywood ,
Los Angeles , broadcast via radio for the first time.
Leo McCarey 's
Going My Way wins
Outstanding Motion Picture . The film also wins the most awards overall with seven, including McCarey's second win for
Best Director , and ties for the most nominations with
Henry King 's
Wilson , both with ten.
March 19 –
WW II : Off the coast of Japan, bombers hit the
aircraft carrier
USS Franklin , killing about 800 of her crewmen and crippling the ship.
March 24 – The cartoon character
Sylvester the cat debuts in
Life with Feathers
March 29 – The "Clash of Titans" in basketball:
George Mikan and
Bob Kurland duel at
Madison Square Garden as
OSU defeats
DePaul 52–44.
April
April 12: Vice President
Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd U.S. president upon the death of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
May
June
July
August
August 6:
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
August 6 –
WW II :
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima – United States
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Enola Gay drops a
uranium-235
atomic bomb , codenamed "
Little Boy ", on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. local time, resulting in between 90,000 and 146,000 deaths.
August 7 – President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with the
atomic bomb , while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser
USS Augusta in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
August 8 – The
United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States Senate, and this nation becomes the third one to join the new international organization.
August 9 –
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki : United States
B-29
Bockscar drops a
plutonium-239 atomic bomb, codenamed "
Fat Man ", on the Japanese city of
Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. local time, resulting in between 39,000 and 80,000 deaths.
August 14 (August 15 in Japan) – Emperor
Hirohito announces Japan's surrender on the radio. The United States calls this day
V-J Day (Victory over Japan). This ends the period of
Japanese expansionism and begins the period of
Occupied Japan .
August 17 – The United States and the
U.S.S.R. split up the
Korean Peninsula making
North Korea and
South Korea
August 31 – A team at
American Cyanamid 's Lederle Laboratories,
Pearl River, New York , led by
Yellapragada Subbarow , announces they have obtained
folic acid in a pure crystalline form.
[6]
[7]
September
September 2
World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted by the Supreme Allied Commander,
General
Douglas MacArthur , and
Fleet Admiral
Chester Nimitz for the United States, and delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom,
The Netherlands , China, and others from a Japanese delegation led by
Mamoru Shigemitsu , on board the American battleship
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay (but in Japan August 14 is recognized as the day the
Pacific War ended).
General MacArthur is given the title of
Supreme Commander Allied Powers and tasked with the occupation of Japan.
[8]
Japanese general
Tomoyuki Yamashita surrenders to Filipino and American forces at
Kiangan, Ifugao .
September 5
The Russian code clerk
Igor Gouzenko comes forward with numerous documents implicating the Soviet Union in numerous spy rings in North America: both in the United States and in Canada.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino , a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist "
Tokyo Rose ", is arrested in
Yokohama .
September 8 – American troops occupy southern
Korea , while the Soviet Union occupies the north, with the dividing line being the 38th parallel of latitude. This arrangement proves to be the indirect beginning of a divided
Korea .
September 9 – The first actual case of a (computer)
bug being found, is a
moth lodged in a
relay of a
Harvard Mark II computer at the Naval Weapons Center in
Dahlgren, Virginia .
September 20 – The
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is disbanded and split up among several other agencies.
October
November
November 15 –
Harry S. Truman ,
Clement Attlee , and
Mackenzie King call for a U.N. Atomic Energy Commission.
[4]
November 16
November 29 – Assembly of the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (
ENIAC ), is completed, covering 1,800 square feet (170 m2 ) of floor space, and the first set of calculations is run on it.
December
Undated
Ongoing
World War II , U.S. involvement (1941–1945; ends on September 2)
Births
January
Stephen Stills
Tom Selleck
January 1 –
Diahnne Abbott , American actress and singer
January 3 –
Stephen Stills , American rock singer, songwriter (
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young )
January 4 –
Richard R. Schrock , American chemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005
January 6
January 7
January 10 –
Steven P. Perskie , American politician, judge
January 12 –
Steven Hoffenberg , American businessman and fraudster (d.
2022 )
[11]
January 15 –
Vince Foster , American deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton (d.
1993 )
January 20
January 22 –
Jophery Brown , American baseball player, actor and stuntman (d.
2014 )
January 25 –
Leigh Taylor-Young , American actress
January 28
January 29 –
Tom Selleck , American actor (
Magnum, P.I. )
January 30 –
Michael Dorris , American author (d.
1997 )
[13]
January 31 –
Joseph Kosuth , American artist
February
Mia Farrow
February 3 –
Bob Griese , American football player
February 5 –
Sarah Weddington , American attorney and law professor (d.
2021 )
February 9 –
Mia Farrow , American actress
February 12 –
David D. Friedman , American economist
February 15 –
Douglas Hofstadter , American cognitive scientist
February 17 –
Zina Bethune , American actress, dancer and choreographer (d.
2012 )
February 19 –
Michael Nader , American actor (d.
2021 )
February 20 –
Henry Polic II , American actor (d.
2013 )
February 22 –
Oliver , American singer ("
Good Morning Starshine ") (d.
2000 )
February 24 –
Barry Bostwick , American actor
February 25 –
Roy Saari , American swimmer (d.
2008 )
February 26 –
Mitch Ryder , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
February 27 –
Carl Anderson , American singer, actor (
Jesus Christ Superstar ) (d.
2004 )
February 28 –
Bubba Smith , American football player, actor (d.
2011 )
March
Micky Dolenz
Charles Greene
March 1 –
Dirk Benedict , American actor
March 2 –
Joy Garrett , American actor and vocalist (d.
1993 )
March 3 –
Hattie Winston , American actress
March 4 –
Gary Williams , American basketball coach
March 7 –
Arthur Lee , American musician (d.
2006 )
March 8
March 9 –
Dennis Rader , American serial killer
March 12 –
Sammy Gravano , American mobster
March 14
March 16 –
Douglas Ahlstedt , Americamn operatic tenor (d.
2023 )
March 18 –
Chuck E. Weiss , American songwriter and vocalist (d.
2021 )
March 20 –
Pat Riley , American basketball coach
March 21 –
Charles Greene , American Olympic athlete
March 22 –
Sheila Frahm , American politician
March 24 –
Curtis Hanson , American film director, screenwriter (d.
2016 )
March 29 –
Walt Frazier , African-American basketball player
March 31
April
Linda Hunt
Michael J. Smith
May
Bob Seger
John Fogerty
May 1 –
Rita Coolidge , American pop singer
May 2 –
James Vaupel , American scientist
May 3 –
Jeffrey C. Hall , American geneticist and chronobiologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017
May 5
May 6
May 8 –
Keith Jarrett , American musician
May 21 –
Richard Hatch , American actor (
Battlestar Galactica ) (d.
2017 )
May 22 –
Victoria Wyndham , American actress (
Another World )
May 23 –
Lauren Chapin , American child actress, evangelist
May 24 –
Priscilla Wagner , American actress, businesswoman and wife of singer
Elvis Presley
May 28
May 30
May 31 –
Blackberri , American singer-songwriter and community activist (d.
2021 )
[19]
June
John Carlos
George Pataki
Carly Simon
June 1
June 2 –
Jon Peters , film producer
June 3 –
Hale Irwin , professional golfer
June 4 –
Anthony Braxton , composer, musical instrumentalist
June 5
June 6 –
David Dukes , actor (d.
2000 )
June 7 –
Billy Butler , singer, songwriter (d.
2015 )
June 8 –
Steven Fromholz , singer, songwriter (d.
2014 )
June 11 –
Adrienne Barbeau , actress, television personality and author (
Maude )
June 13 –
Rodney P. Rempt , admiral
June 16 –
Chip Damiani , drummer (
The Remains ) (d.
2014 )
June 17
June 19 –
Greil Marcus , music journalist, cultural critic
June 23 –
Jim Fouratt , gay activist and entertainer
June 24 –
George Pataki ,
Governor of New York
June 25
June 26 –
Dwight York , musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, and child molester
June 27 –
Norma Kamali , fashion designer
June 30
July
Debbie Harry
Burt Ward
Ron Glass
July 1
July 2 –
Linda Warren , American author
July 6 –
Burt Ward , American actor and activist (
Batman )
July 9 –
Dean Koontz , American novelist
July 10 –
Ron Glass , African-American actor (
Barney Miller ) (d.
2016 )
July 11 –
Richard Wesley , American playwright, screenwriter
July 12
July 13
July 14 –
Jim Gordon , American rock drummer (
Derek and the Dominos ) and convicted murderer (d.
2023 )
July 15 –
Jan-Michael Vincent , American actor (d.
2019 )
July 18 –
Boomer Castleman , American singer, songwriter (d.
2015 )
[21]
July 20
July 21 –
Alton H. Maddox Jr. , African-American lawyer (d.
2023 )
July 23 –
Edie McClurg , comedian, screen and voice actress
July 26 –
Betty Davis , African-American funk and soul singer
July 28 –
Jim Davis , American cartoonist (
Garfield )
July 30
July 31 –
William Weld , American politician
August
Steve Martin
Vince McMahon
Wyomia Tyus
Bob Welch
August 1 –
Douglas Osheroff , American physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996
August 4 –
Alan Mulally , American businessman, CEO of the
Ford Motor Company
August 5 –
Loni Anderson , American actress (
WKRP in Cincinnati )
August 7 –
Alan Page , American football player
August 11 –
Embeth Davidtz , American actress
August 12 –
J. D. McClatchy , American poet and literary critic (d.
2018 )
August 14 –
Steve Martin , American actor, comedian
August 15
August 16 –
Paul Morantz , American attorney and investigative journalist (d.
2022 )
August 20 –
Jonathan Goodson , American television game show producer, son of
Mark Goodson
August 22
August 24
Marsha P. Johnson , born Malcolm Michaels Jr., African-American gay liberation activist and drag queen (d.
1992 )
Vince McMahon , American professional wrestling promoter, chairman and CEO of
WWE
August 26
August 29 –
Wyomia Tyus , American Olympic athlete
August 31 –
Bob Welch , American musician (d.
2012 )
September
Richard Thaler
Jessye Norman
September 4 –
Danny Gatton , American guitarist (d.
1994 )
September 6 –
Larry Lucchino , American lawyer and baseball executive (d.
2024 )
[22]
September 8 –
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , American musician (d.
1973 )
September 9 –
Doug Ingle , American singer, songwriter
September 10 –
Marlin Briscoe , American football player (d.
2022 )
[23]
September 12
September 14 –
Benjamin Harjo Jr. , Native American artist
September 15 –
Jessye Norman , African-American operatic soprano (d.
2019 )
September 16 –
Pat Stevens , voice actress (d.
2010 )
September 17 –
Phil Jackson , basketball coach
September 18 –
P. F. Sloan , singer, songwriter (d.
2015 )
September 19 –
Randolph Mantooth , actor, motivational speaker (
Emergency! )
September 20
September 21 –
Kay Ryan , poet
September 23 –
Paul Petersen , child actor, advocate for other
child actors
October
Don McLean
John Lithgow
Henry Winkler
October 1 –
Donny Hathaway , African-American soul singer, songwriter (d.
1979 )
October 2 –
Don McLean , American rock singer, songwriter ("
American Pie ")
October 3 –
Kay Baxter , American bodybuilder (d.
1988 )
October 4 –
Clifton Davis , African-American actor, minister (
Amen )
October 11 –
Dusty Rhodes , wrestler (d.
2015 )
October 13 –
Susan Stafford , television presenter
October 15 –
Jim Palmer , baseball player
October 18 –
Huell Howser , television personality, host of
California's Gold (d.
2013 )
October 19 –
John Lithgow , actor (
Third Rock from the Sun )
October 20
October 22
October 24
October 25 –
David Schramm , astrophysicist (d.
1997 )
October 26
October 27 –
Carrie Snodgress , actress (d.
2004 )
October 29
October 30
October 31 –
Brian Doyle-Murray , actor (
Saturday Night Live )
November
Goldie Hawn
James Avery
November 3 –
Ken Holtzman , American baseball player and coach (d.
2024 )
November 7 –
Bob Englehart , American editorial cartoonist
November 8 –
Joseph James DeAngelo , American serial killer and rapist
November 9 –
Charlie Robinson , American actor (
Night Court ) (d.
2021 )
[26]
November 12
November 21 –
Goldie Hawn , American actress, producer and singer (
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In )
November 22 –
Robert Ben Rhoades , American serial killer, rapist known as "The Truck Stop Killer"
November 23 –
Jerry Harris , American sculptor
November 25
November 26 –
Daniel Davis , American actor
November 27
November 30
December
Bette Midler
Ernie Hudson
Diane Sawyer
December 1 –
Bette Midler , American actress and singer
[27]
December 2 –
Charles "Tex" Watson , American prisoner, 'Manson Family' member
December 6
December 9 –
Michael Nouri , American actor
December 13
Herman Cain , African-American conservative politician, author, business executive, radio host, syndicated columnist, and Tea Party activist (d.
2020 )
Kathy Garver , actress, author and online radio hostess
Heather North , actress (d.
2017 )
December 16 –
Patti Deutsch , voice actress (d.
2017 )
December 17
December 18 –
Carolyn Wood , professional swimmer
December 19 –
Elaine Joyce , actress, game show panelist
December 20
December 22
December 23 –
Donald A. Ritchie , historian
December 24 –
Nicholas Meyer , screenwriter, producer, director and novelist
December 25 –
Gary Sandy , actor
December 26 –
John Walsh , media personality (
America's Most Wanted )
Date unknown
Deaths
January 3 –
Edgar Cayce , mysticist (born
1877 )
January 6 –
William Noble , missionary (born
1866 )
January 7
January 13 –
Margaret Deland , novelist (born
1857 )
January 23 –
Newton E. Mason , U.S. Navy rear admiral (born
1850 )
January 25 –
Volga Hayworth , showgirl (born
1897 )
January 30 –
Herbert L. Clarke , cornet virtuoso (born
1867 )
January 31 –
Eddie Slovik , soldier (born
1920 ; executed for desertion)
February 2
February 11 –
Al Dubin , songwriter (born 1891 in Switzerland)
February 18 –
Jimmy Butler , actor (killed in action) (born
1921 )
February 19 –
John Basilone , Medal of Honour recipient (killed in action) (born
1916 )
February 23 –
Reginald Barker , film director (born
1886 )
February 26
March 1 – U.S. Marine flag raisers on Iwo Jima (killed in action in
Battle of Iwo Jima )
March 3 –
Bessie Alexander Ficklen , doggerel poet and hand puppet specialist (born
1861 )
March 4
March 8 –
Jack Lummus , athlete and Medal of Honor recipient (killed in action) (born
1915 )
March 21 –
Franklin Sousley , U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (killed in
Battle of Iwo Jima ) (born
1925 )
March 22 –
John Hessin Clarke , Supreme Court Justice (born
1857 )
March 30 –
Maurice Rose , U.S. Army general (born
1899 ; killed in action)
March 31 –
Harriet Boyd Hawes , archaeologist (born
1871 )
April 10 –
Gloria Dickson , actress (born
1917 ; killed in domestic fire)
April 12 –
Franklin D. Roosevelt , 32nd
president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (born
1882 )
April 17 –
Ernie Pyle , journalist (born
1900 )
April 29 –
Malcolm McGregor , silent film actor (born
1892 )
April 30 –
William Orlando Darby , U.S. Army colonel, creator of the Rangers (born
1911 ; killed in action)
May 5 –
George Cary , architect (born
1859 ).
[28]
May 14 –
Heber J. Grant , 7th president of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born
1856 )
May 17 –
Bobby Hutchins ,
Our Gang films child actor (born
1925 ; killed in military aviation accident)
May 18 –
William Joseph Simmons , founder of the second
Ku Klux Klan (born
1880 )
May 21
June 16 –
Henry Bellamann , author (born
1882 )
June 18 –
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. , U.S. Army general (born
1886 ; killed in action at
Battle of Okinawa )
June 20 –
Bruno Frank , German author, poet, dramatist and humanist (born
1887 )
July 13 –
Alla Nazimova , scriptwriter and actress (born 1879 in Crimea)
July 16 –
Addison Randall , Western film actor (born
1906 )
July 19 –
George Barbier , actor (born
1864 )
July 25 –
Charles Gilman Norris , novelist (born
1881 )
August 9 –
Harry Hillman , track athlete (born
1881 )
August 10 –
Robert H. Goddard , rocket scientist (born
1882 )
August 25 –
Willis Augustus Lee , U.S. Navy admiral and Olympic shooter (born
1888 ; heart attack on active service)
September 1 –
Frank Craven , actor (born
1881 )
[29]
September 6 –
John S. McCain Sr. , U.S. Navy admiral (born
1884 ; heart attack on active service)
September 15 –
Harry Daghlian , physicist (born
1921 )
September 18 –
Blind Willie Johnson , African American gospel singer and guitarist (born
1897 ; pneumonia)
September 20 –
Jack Thayer , survivor of the
sinking of the RMS Titanic (born
1894 )
September 26 –
A. Peter Dewey , soldier, first American casualty in
Vietnam (born
1916 )
October 1
October 13 –
Milton S. Hershey , chocolate tycoon (born
1857 )
October 24 –
Charles D. Barney , stockbroker (born
1844 )
October 28 –
Gilbert Emery , film actor and author (born
1875 )
November 7 –
Gus Edwards , songwriter (born
1878 in Germany )
November 11 –
Jerome Kern , popular composer (born
1885 )
[31]
November 21
November 23 –
Charles Armijo Woodruff , U.S. Navy officer and 11th
Governor of American Samoa from 1914 to 1915 (born
1884 ; suicide)
November 25 –
Doris Keane , stage actress (born
1881 )
November 26 –
John Jenkins , auto racer (born
1875 )
November 28 –
Dwight F. Davis , tennis player (born
1879 )
December 4 –
Thomas Hunt Morgan , biologist, geneticist and embryologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 (born
1866 )
December 21 –
George S. Patton , U.S. Army general (born
1885 ; died as result of auto accident in Germany)
December 26 –
Russell Gleason , actor (born
1907 )
December 28 –
Theodore Dreiser , novelist (born
1871 )
[32]
See also
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Singer-songwriter Blackberri dies
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Marlin Briscoe, the 1st Black starting quarterback in the AFL, dies at 76
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