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WPB cancels all but 2 copper priority ratings to meet cutbacks
Gen Arnold predicts perfect air-ground systems
heads delegation to conf with MacArthur, Manila, on Jap surrender
Lend-lease supplies completion and sale to such Allies as want and can pay for them advised as war ends
Premier Higashi-Kuni predicts Jap accord
1945Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2021)[â ]
Sarah Dash was an American singer. She first appeared on the music scene as a member of Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles. Dash was later a member of Labelle, and worked as a singer, session musician, and sidewoman for The Rolling Stones, and Keith Richards.
1945Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician[â ]
Värner Lootsmann is an Estonian politician from Harju County.
1945Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author (died 1994)[â ]
Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. was an attorney and a United States Marine Corps officer who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War. He won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his autobiography Fortunate Son.
1945Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (born 1897)[â ]
Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Fascist Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and military failure. The honorific 'Netaji' was first applied to Bose in Germany in early 1942âby the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin. It is now used throughout India.
1945Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.[â ]
Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
1945Soviet-Japanese War: Battle of Shumshu: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on Shumshu Island and launch the Battle of Shumshu; the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands commences.[â ]
The SovietâJapanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia, as well as northern Korea, Karafuto on the island of Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally, as it was made apparent that the Soviet Union was not willing to act as a third party in negotiating an end to hostilities on conditional terms.