Catastrophic events and deaths

Births

February 13, 1945 - February 1, 1946

Jan 13

Mikawa earthquake in Japan causes 2,300 deaths

Feb 13

Allies bomb Dresden, Germany

March 24

The cartoon character Sylvester the Cat debuts

March 28

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine President

March 30

Eric Clapton, British musician

Apr 16

Battle of Berlin begins

Apr 28

Benito Mussolini is executed by Italian partisans

Apr 30

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide

Jul 16

Succesful test of a nuclear bomb using 6k of plutonium in New Mexico

Aug 6 and 9

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Sep 2

Democratic Republic of Vietnam is officially established

Sep 18

Typhoon Makurazaki in Japan kills 3,746 people

Nov 16

Cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost debuts

Nov 28

Balochistan earthquake in India kills between 300 and 4,000 people

Dec 22

Otto Neurath, Austrian philosopher and political economist

Dec 24

Lemmy Kilmister, British musician

Jan 20

David Lynch, American film director