March 9, 1945

1945Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter and playwright (died 1988)^[†]

Robert Newton Calvert was a South African-British writer, poet, and musician. He is principally known for his role as lyricist, performance poet and lead vocalist of the space rock band Hawkwind.

1945Dennis Rader, American serial killer^[†]

Dennis Lynn Rader, better known as the BTK Killer, the BTK Strangler or simply BTK, is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women. His victims were often attacked in their homes, then bound, sometimes with objects from their homes, and either suffocated with a plastic bag or manually strangled with a ligature.

1945World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.^[†]

The Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, known as Meigō Sakusen , was a Japanese operation that took place on 9 March 1945, towards the end of World War II. With Japanese forces losing the war and the threat of an Allied invasion of Indochina imminent, the Japanese were concerned about an uprising against them by French colonial forces.

1945World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians.^[†]

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China.