January 9, 1945

1945John Doman, American actor^[†]

John Doman is an American actor best known for playing Bill Rawls on HBO series The Wire (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on Oz (2001), Dr. Deraad in ER (1999–2003), Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series Borgia (2011–2014), Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show Gotham (2014–2017), and Bruce Buttler in The Affair (2014–2019).

1945Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia^[†]

Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan also transcribed as Levon Hagopi Der Bedrossian, also known by his initials LTP or LDB, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998.

1945Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (born 1908)^[†]

Shigekazu Shimazaki was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.

1945Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1890)^[†]

Jüri Uluots was an Estonian prime minister, journalist, prominent attorney and distinguished Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu.

1945Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1890)^[†]

Osman Cemal Kaygılı was a Turkish writer and journalist.

1945World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.^[†]

Sixth Army is a theater army of the United States Army. The Army service component command of United States Southern Command, its area of responsibility includes 31 countries and 15 areas of special sovereignty in Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is headquartered at Fort Sam Houston.