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• USS Cod departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
• Emil Hácha passed away in a prison hospital while awaiting trial. ww2dbase [Emil Hácha | CPC]
• The Ohka Model 22 variant design saw its first drop test; it was a failure, with the aircraft exploding in an in-flight accident. ww2dbase [MXY7 Ohka | CPC]
• USS Pintado rescued a downed B-29 bomber crew south of Honshu, Japan. ww2dbase [Pintado | CPC]

• The US coastal minesweepers YMS-39 and YMS-365 were mined and sunk off Balikpapan, Borneo. ww2dbase [Balikpapan, Borneo | AC]
• Destroyer USS Saufley departed Morotai, Molucca Islands escorting an invasion convoy bound for Balikpapan, Borneo. ww2dbase [Saufley | Morotai, Molucca Islands | DS]

• USS Springer rescued the eight survivors of a shot down B-29 bomber and one survivor of another south of Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Springer | CPC]

• The United Nations charter was signed at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [San Francisco, California | TH, CPC]
• As Jan Smuts affixed his signature to the United Nations Charter at San Francisco, California, United States, he became the only person to have signed the documents forming the League of Nations and the United Nations. ww2dbase [Jan Smuts | San Francisco, California | CPC]
• V. K. "Wellington" Koo led the 8-person Chinese delegation in the signing of the United Nations charter at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | San Francisco, California | CPC]

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