page_title: 1945
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pierre laval (1883-1945). Homme politique français, plusieurs fois Président du Conseil sous la IIIe République et en particulier pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Fusillé pour haute trahison en 1945. Version recadrée English: Pierre laval (1883-1945). French politician, he was several times Prime Minister of France during the 3rd Republic and especially during WWII. Executed by firing squad for high treason in 1945. Cropped version
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: October 1 – Walter Bradford Cannon, American physiologist (b. 1871)
  October 6
  Leonardo Conti, German physician, Nazi officer (suicide) (b. 1900)
  Hans Vogel, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) (b. 1881)
  October 10 – Joseph Darnand, Vichy French politician (executed) (b. 1897)
  October 12 – Dmytro Antonovych, Soviet politician (b. 1877)
  October 13 – Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
  October 15 – Pierre Laval, French politician, 2-time Prime Minister of France (executed) (b. 1883)
  October 18 – Frederick Hovey, American tennis player (b. 1868)
  October 19
  Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general, politician and 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
  N. C. Wyeth, American illustrator (b. 1882)
  October 21 – Henry Armetta, Italian actor (b. 1888)
  October 24 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Nazi collaborator (executed) (b. 1887)
  October 25 – Robert Ley, German Nazi politician (suicide) (b. 1890)
  October 26
  Adolf von Brudermann, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1854)
  Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
  October 28 – Gilbert Emery, American actor (b. 1875)
  October 30
  Włodzimierz Arlamowski, Polish WWII hero (b. 1923)
  Sinn Sing Hoi, Chinese composer (b. 1905)
  October 31
  Ignacio Zuloaga, Basque Spanish painter (b. 1870)
  Henry Ainley, British actor (b. 1879)
caption: Pierre Laval
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