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Route to be taken by Jap surrender emissaries to Manila
Labor Govt nationalization plan cited by King George, Parliament
Jap suicide plane strikes US naval aux vessel, Buckner Bay; 2 others attack Iheya Is hrs after surrender broadcast
US Navy repts holders of certain awards may request discharge
confusion results from V-J holidays order
1945Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer[â ]
Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor, director, producer and writer. Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. He is also an author of children's novels.
1945Russell Brookes, English race car driver (died 2019)[â ]
Russell Brookes was a British rally driver. He won the British Rally Championship with a Ford Escort RS1800 in 1977 and with an Opel Manta 400 in 1985. In 1978, he won the Rally New Zealand, a round of the FIA Cup for Drivers, the predecessor to the World Championship for Drivers. In the World Rally Championship, he finished on the podium of his home event, the RAC Rally, three times in a row from 1977 to 1979.
1945Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator[â ]
Suzanne Farrell is a former American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
1945Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (died 2016)[â ]
Gary Alexander Loizzo was an American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer. He is best known for being the lead singer with the American Breed.
1945Nigel Terry, British stage and film actor (died 2015)[â ]
Peter Nigel Terry was an English stage, film, and television actor, typically in historical and period roles. He played Prince John in Anthony Harvey's film The Lion in Winter (1968) and King Arthur in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981).
1945TakijirÅ Ånishi, Japanese admiral (born 1891)[â ]
TakijirÅ Ånishi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.
1945The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in SÆ¡n DÆ°Æ¡ng.[â ]
The National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the unicameral parliament and highest organ of state power of Vietnam. The National Assembly is the only branch of government in Vietnam and, in accordance with the principle of unified power, all state organs are subservient to it.