1945 in England
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Events from 1945 in England
Incumbent
- Monarch - George VI
- Prime Minister - Winston Churchill (until July 26), Clement Attlee (since July 26)
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- 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
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
- 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
- October 18 – Juliette Slaughter, racing driver.[5]
- November 30 – Hilary Armstrong, politician.[6]
- December 17 – Jacqueline Wilson, children's novelist.[7]
- December 30 – Davy Jones, singer (died 2012)
- Tom O'Carroll, paedophilia advocate
Deaths
- 26 March – David Lloyd George, politician (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916-1921)) (born 1863)
- 5 December – Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1864)