The almanac
The 1945 Edition
A vintage print: the UN count of births worldwide starts in 1950. About 22 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 1945
- Disney's The Three Caballeros reached US theatersDonald Duck got birthday gifts from his Latin American friends, a parrot and a rooster.February 3 · Source: D23 (Walt Disney Archives)
- Crowds celebrated V-E DayCrowds in red, white and blue filled London to celebrate the end of the war in Europe.May 8 · Source: BBC On This Day
- A plan for stored-program computersJohn von Neumann's draft report described a computer that keeps its program and data in one memory.June 30 · Source: Computer History Museum, This Day in History
- Anchors Aweigh opened in theatersIn the MGM musical, two sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.July 14 · Source: Box Office Mojo
- The Tigers won the World SeriesDetroit beat the Chicago Cubs 9 to 3 in Game 7 at Wrigley Field.October 10 · Source: Society for American Baseball Research
- The United Nations was foundedThe UN Charter took effect, and the new world body was formally inaugurated in Washington.October 24 · Source: BBC On This Day
- Shoppers rushed to buy ballpoint pensAbout 5,000 shoppers crowded Gimbels department store to buy the new Reynolds pen at $12.50.October 29 · Source: Invention & Technology (American Heritage)
Famous people born in 1945
- Bob MarleyJamaican reggae musician · born February 6
- Helen MirrenBritish actress · born July 26
- Patrick ModianoFrench writer · born July 30
- Eric ClaptonBritish musician · born March 30
- Gerd MüllerGerman footballer · born November 3
- Huell HowserAmerican television personality · born October 18
- Neil YoungCanadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker · born November 12
- Rod StewartEnglish singer and songwriter · born January 10
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If you were born in 1945
- Older than PeanutsThe Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz first appeared, in seven US newspapers on October 2, 1950.
- Older than the DNA double helixWatson and Crick's paper describing the double-helix structure of DNA was published in Nature on April 25, 1953.
- Older than the first climb of EverestEdmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
- Older than the four-minute mileRoger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, in Oxford on May 6, 1954.