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- In Kandy, Ceylon, after Louis Mountbatten reduced the proposed British-Thai agreement down to four points, Thai negotiators finally agreed to sign. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | Kandy | CPC]
- Escorted by eight fighters, He Yingqin arrived in Nanjing, China by air at 0900 hours; later in the day he would meet with General Yasuji Okamura to work out the surrender ceremony details. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | He Yingqin | Nanjing | CPC]
- The Chinese legislature reformed land tax exemption laws, which was to be carried out by provincial and city governments. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Nationalist Chinese troops counterattacked against a Communist offensive in Tunliu County, Shanxi Province, China, causing more than 1,000 casualties on the Communist side. ww2dbase [Tunliu, Shanxi | CPC]
- Chinese troops took control of Yueyang, Hunan Province and Kaifeng, Henan Province, China. ww2dbase [CPC]
- A British reconnaissance force parachuted into Jakarta, Indonesia, with the primary mission of locating and aiding Allied personnel who had recently been in Japanese captivity. ww2dbase [Jakarta, Java | CPC]
- The newly founded Democratic Republic of Vietnam agreed on the formation of a 300-member legislative branch of the government, National People's Assembly. All citizens 18 years of age or older, regardless of gender, would be allowed to vote and to run for a seat. ww2dbase [Hanoi, Tonkin | CPC]
- Members of Vanguard Youth and Hoa Hao (both of the Viet Minh) clashed with troops of Indochinese Communist Party in Can Tho, Cochinchina, French Indochina. ww2dbase [Can Tho, Cochinchina | CPC]
- General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Tokyo | TH]
- Rama Murti, president of the Tokyo Indian Independence League, received Subhash Chandra Bose's ashes in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Subhash Chandra Bose | Tokyo | CPC]
- Elements of the USAAF 3rd Bomberment Group was assigned to Atsugi Airfield in Japan. ww2dbase [Atsugi Airfield | Ayase, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo failed in his suicide attempt at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Hideki Tojo | Tokyo | CPC]
- The Japanese Navy Northern Fleet surrendered to the Americans at Mutsu Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Mutsu Bay, Aomori | CPC]
- General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Tokyo | TH]
- American troops landed at Inchon, Korea to prevent the Soviet Union from breaking the previous agreement for Soviet troops to only occupy northern Korea. The US commanding officer, Lieutenant General John Hodge, also arrived on the same day. Not yet briefed in the Korean political situation and lacking any staff officers who were knowledgeable about Korea, Hodge declined to meet the delegation from the Committee for the Preparation for Korean Independence. ww2dbase [Manchurian Strategic Offensive | Inchon | CPC]
- Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft dropped leaflets on Nauru and Ocean Islands, urging Japanese soldiers to stop fighting and surrender. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- Australian medical personnel arrived at the Batu Lintang internment camp at Kuching, Sarawak. ww2dbase [Kuching | CPC]
- Kamoi arrived at Miri, Sarawak at 1858 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Miri | CPC]




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