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War Dept repts critical score cut and easing of rules for release on age
Yamashita formally surrenders his army remnants to Wainwright, Baguio; signs terms; terms noted; ceremony described; vice adm with Yamashita says he has received no order to surrender sea forces; Yamashita taken to Bilibid Prison
On progress in occupation of Japan
ABOARD A FLYING FORTRESS, Over Japan, Sept. 2--A five-hour flight over the principal cities of Honshu five hours after the surrender documents were signed in Tokyo Bay provided plenty of proof today why the ...
1945George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter[†]
George Michael Biondo is a musician who served as bass guitarist of the Canadian rock band Steppenwolf from April 1970 to October 1976. Born in New York, Biondo has been based in Southern California throughout a career as a session musician and songwriter.
1945Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician[†]
Peter Goddard is a British mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory. Among his many contributions to these fields is the Goddard–Thorn theorem.
1945Martha Saxton, American Historian (died 2023)[†]
Martha Porter Saxton was an American professor of history and women's and gender studies at Amherst College who authored several prominent historical biographies.
1945A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.[†]
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 – as well as to 2 September 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II.