Aug 27 US troops begin their occupation of Japan, following Japan's surrender to Allied forces during WWII.

Aug 30 Hong Kong is liberated when the British navy under Rear-Admiral Cecil Harcourt sails into Victoria harbour to accept the Japanese surrender.

Aug 14 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II

Aug 12 Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow.

Aug 08 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II

Aug 13 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia

Aug 31 The birth of Van Morrison, American songwriter

Aug 06 The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.

Aug 25 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine

Aug 21 Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program

Aug 06 Atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima

Aug 15 US wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends

Aug 09 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Aug 27 Pacific Fleet ships enter Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan.

Aug 11 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito

Aug 09 Lt. Robert H. Gray (Royal Cdn. Naval Volunteer Reserve) wins the Victoria Cross at Onagawa BAy Honshu, Japan

Aug 06 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"

Aug 15 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule

Aug 19 The birth of Bill Clinton, 45th US President

Aug 17 Indonesia declares independence from Netherlands (National Day)

Aug 17 Indonesia proclaims its independence from Holland.

Aug 14 Japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies

Aug 08 Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter

Oct 15 French statesman Pierre Laval is executed for betraying his country to Nazis in World War Two.

Oct 30 US government announces end of shoe rationing

Oct 31 The birth of Barrie Keefe, American writer

Oct 15 Pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed

Oct 21 Women in France allowed to vote for first time

Oct 05 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio

Oct 11 Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung

Oct 29 The first ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented

Oct 30 Henry Winkler, actor (Happy Days, the Fonz) born

Oct 01 Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army

Oct 03 World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member

Oct 25 Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek

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