Jun 25 United Nations founded

Jun 22 Japanese resistance on Tarakan ends

Jun 25 Miri oilfields in Sarawak recaptured

Jun 28 Polish Provisional Govt of National Unity set up by Soviets

Jun 17 Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)

Jun 22 Beaufort, Borneo, occupied

Jun 18 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason

Jun 05 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany

Jun 21 New communist government estblished in Poland

Jun 05 Berlin council of Allied commanders begins.

Jun 10 9th Division supported by the RAAF lands at Brunei Bay, beginning the invasion of British North Borneo

Jun 26 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF

Jun 13 Australians capture Brunei

Jun 17 Australians land at Weston, North Borneo

Jun 21 Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to US during WW II

Dec 19 Austrian Republic re-establishes

Dec 04 Senate approves US participation in UN

Dec 28 The President directed that the Coast Guard be transferred from the Navy and returned to the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department.

Dec 01 Bette Midler actress was born this day

Dec 15 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest

Dec 18 Uruguay joins the United Nations

Dec 27 International Monetary Fund established

Dec 27 International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded

Dec 27 Allied Powers Agree to Divide Korea

Dec 29 In Ottawa DND releases World War II casualty statistics; 41,371 Canadians in service killed, 43,178 wounded, 10,844 made prisoners of war, 32 missing in action.

Dec 28 Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"

Dec 31 Ratification of UN Charter completed

Dec 01 The birth of Bette Midler, American actress and singer

Dec 05 In the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappear without trace

Dec 05 Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle

Aug 09 A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki; Soviets declare war on Japan, attacking Manchuria.

Aug 30 Hong Kong liberated from Japan

Aug 10 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged

Aug 30 The Japanese POW camp Shamshuipo in Hong Kong is liberated containin 1500 POW's including 400 Canadians

Aug 10 HMCS Uganda returns from the Pacific theater in WWII

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