1945 in England
Events from '''1945 in England'''
Incumbent
Events
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.
Births
- January 21 – Martin Shaw, actor
- February 4 – Tony Haygarth, actor
- February 13 – Simon Schama, historian
- February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch, actor
- April 10 – James Bate, actor
- April 21 – Diana Darvey, actress, singer and dancer
- May 14 – Francesca Annis, actress
- July 10 – John Motson, football commentator
- July 26 – Helen Mirren, actress.
- August 1 – Laila Morse, actress
- August 5 – Martin Lambie-Nairn, designer
- August 6 – Ron Jones, director
- September 14 – Martin Tyler, football commentator
- October 14 – Lesley Joseph, actress
- October 18 – Juliette Slaughter, racing driver.
- November 30 – Hilary Armstrong, politician.
- December 17 – Jacqueline Wilson, children's novelist.
- December 30 – Davy Jones, singer
- Tom O'Carroll, paedophilia advocate
Deaths
- 26 March - David Lloyd George, politician
- 5 December - Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury