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Events from 1945 in England
Incumbent
[edit]- Monarch - George VI
- Prime Minister - Winston Churchill (until July 26), Clement Attlee (since July 26)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]- May 8 – Victory in Europe Day is celebrated throughout the UK. Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes a victory speech and appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Street parties take place throughout the country.[1]
June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]Births
[edit]- January 21 – Martin Shaw, actor
- February 4 – Tony Haygarth, actor (died 2017)[2]
- February 13 – Simon Schama, historian
- February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch, actor (died 2020)
- April 10 – James Bate, actor (died 1992)
- April 21 – Diana Darvey, actress, singer and dancer (died 2000)
- May 14 – Francesca Annis, actress
- July 10 – John Motson, football commentator (died 2023)
- July 26 – Helen Mirren, actress.[3][4]
- August 1 – Laila Morse, actress
- August 5 – Martin Lambie-Nairn, designer (died 2020)
- August 6 – Ron Jones, director (died 1995)
- September 14 – Martin Tyler, football commentator
- October 14 – Lesley Joseph, actress
- November 30 – Hilary Armstrong, politician.[5]
- December 17 – Jacqueline Wilson, children's novelist.[6]
- December 30 – Davy Jones, singer (died 2012)
- Tom O'Carroll, paedophilia advocate
Deaths
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Lost Decade Timeline". BBC. Archived from the original on 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (14 March 2017). "Tony Haygarth obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Helen Mirren | Biography, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Dame Helen Mirren's career in pictures". The Telegraph. 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Hilary Armstrong". BBC News. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Ferguson, Donna (24 September 2016). "My parents at war: Jacqueline Wilson opens up about unhappy early life". The Observer. Retrieved 23 September 2020.