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• TS-9 and TS-11 were deemed not yet ready for commissioning at Tallinn, Estonia. ww2dbase [U-3541 | U-3539 | Tallinn | CPC]

• Prince Souphanouvong of Luang Phrabang arrived in Thakhek, Laos and announced the creation of the Liberation and Defence Army. He was also made the president of the Committee of Independent Laos, which was formed on the same day. ww2dbase [Thakhek, Laos | CPC]

• The Hadamar trial against the staff of the Hadamar Euthanasia Center in western Germany began. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Hadamar Euthanasia Center | CPC]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay departed Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii bound for San Diego, California with 900 officers and men of the 24th Marines. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Kahului, Maui | DS]

• The Soviet Civil Administration in northern Korea established the Five-Province Administrative Bureau under the leadership of rightist Cho Mansik. ww2dbase [CPC]

• TS-8, TS-10, and TS-12 were deemed not yet ready for commissioning at Liepaja, Latvia. TS-8 was still suffering from flooding due to war time bomb damage, and TS-10 was still without a rudder. ww2dbase [U-3538 | U-3540 | U-3542 | Liepaja | CPC]

• USS Portland transited the Panama Canal eastbound. ww2dbase [Portland | Panama Canal | DS]

• Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita was arraigned in war crimes court in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Tomoyuki Yamashita | Manila | CPC]

• António de Oliveira Salazar of Portugal allowed opposition political parties for the first time. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Rudolph Heß was transported from Britain to Nürnberg, Germany for trial. ww2dbase [Rudolf Heß | TH]

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