1945 in England

Events from 1945 in England

May

 * 8 May – V-E 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

 * 26 July – Helen Mirren, actress
 * 30 November – Hilary Armstrong, politician
 * 17 December – Jacqueline Wilson, children's novelist
 * Tom O'Carroll, paedophilia advocate