Sunday, September 2, 1945

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The Headlines

TOKYO AIDES WEEP AS CENERAL SIGNS; Imperial Staff Chief Hastily Scrawls His Signature-- Shigemitsu Is Anxious

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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Unknown Artist

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Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.

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• World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, thus marking the official end to the war.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
• Frederick Soddy (1877)
• Liliʻuokalani (1838)
• Arthur Ashkin (1922)
• Bill Shankly (1913)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)