45 may refer to:
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45 (number)
45 (forty-five) is the natural number following 44 (number), 44 and followed by 46 (number), 46.
In mathematics
Forty-five is the smallest Parity (mathematics), odd number that has more divisors than n+1, and that has a larger sum of divisors th ...
* one of the years
45 BC
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Year 45 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday (link will display the full calendar) (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and th ...
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AD 45,
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
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2045
In contemporary history, the third millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era in the Gregorian calendar is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000 ( 21st to 30th centuries). Ongoing futures studies seek to understand what is l ...
Film
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''45'' (film), directed by Peter Coster (2009)
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''.45'' (film), directed by Gary Lennon (2006)
Music
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''45'' (Jaguares album), 2008
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''45'' (Kino album), 1982
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"45" (Bon Iver song), 2016
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"45" (The Gaslight Anthem song), 2012
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"45" (Shinedown song), 2003
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"45" (Elvis Costello song), 2002
*"Forty Five", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''
Appalachian Incantation Appalachian may refer to:
* Appalachian Mountains, a major mountain range in eastern United States and Canada
* Appalachian Trail, a hiking trail in the eastern United States
* The people of Appalachia and their culture
** Appalachian Americans, e ...
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45 rpm record
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separate ...
or 45, a common form of vinyl single
Other uses
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Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, with the nickname "45"
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''45'' (book), written by Bill Drummond
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.45 caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the to caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the cartridge case
Case or CASE may refer to:
Containers
* Case (goods)
A case of some merchandise
Merchandising is any practic ...
, a family of firearm cartridges
** A nickname for a handgun chambered in .45 caliber, such as the
M1911 pistol
The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911'' for th ...
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Colt Single Action Army
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.45 ACP
The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) or .45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it ...
, pistol cartridge
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.45 Colt
The .45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), is a rimmed, straight-walled, handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver. This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1 ...
, revolver cartridge
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Jacobite rising of 1745 or "The '45", in the United Kingdom
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Forty-fives, a card game
*'The 45%', collective term used by
Scottish independence
Scottish independence ( gd, Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; sco, Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland as a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom, and refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about.
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campaigners (after ratio of support in 2014 referendum)
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Fortyfive, a software development company
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