Historical Events in August 1945

Aug 2 Potsdam Conference between Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill ends

Aug 4 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season

Aug 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"

Aug 8 President Harry Truman signs the United Nations Charter

Aug 8 US, USSR, Britain & France sign Treaty of London, set down procedures for Nuremberg trials
Aug 8 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
Aug 8 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea

Aug 9 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki

Aug 10 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies, provided Emperor Hirohito's status remains unchanged

Aug 11 Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status
Aug 12 Emperor Hirohito of Japan informs the imperial family that he has decided to surrender

Aug 14 V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone)

Aug 14 Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh movement launch a coordinated uprising against French rule across Vietnam following the Japanese surrender

Aug 14 Japanese government notifies the Allies that it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration
Aug 15 A riot ensues in San Francisco while the city is celebrating the end of WW II
Aug 15 US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
Aug 15 Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
Aug 15 World War II: Korean Liberation Day.
Aug 15 Victory over Japan Day, the Japanese surrender and the end of WWII is announced in Japan (due to time zones 14th Aug in the Americas)
Aug 16 Puyi, the last Chinese Emperor and ruler of Manchukuo is captured by Soviet troops

Aug 17 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands

Aug 17 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel
Aug 18 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
Aug 18 Sukarno elected 1st President of Indonesia by the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI)
Aug 19 Phillies Jimmie Foxx, 37, pitches 1st 7 innings vs Reds & wins
Aug 20 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR
Aug 20 Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament
Aug 20 Soviet troops occupy Harbin & Mukden
Aug 21 US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program
Aug 22 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford
Aug 22 Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More" premieres in London
Aug 22 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
Aug 24 Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy & strike out 12
Aug 25 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
Aug 26 Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WWII
Aug 27 US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
Aug 29 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan

Aug 29 Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan

Aug 31 The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies