On this day in 1945, The Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the printed agreement that formalized the surrender of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II, was signed by representatives from Japan and from the Allied nations: the United States, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay just after 09:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) and took effect at 09:25 JST on 2 September 1945.
The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day. However, that designation more frequently refers to the date of Emperor Hirohito’s Gyokuon-hōsō (Imperial Rescript of Surrender), the radio broadcast announcement of the acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration at noon Japan Standard Time on 15 August.
Representatives of the Empire of Japan stand aboard USS Missouri prior to signing of the Instrument of Surrender.
This is what happens when you rely on machine translation. The Russian word for protein can also mean squirrel.
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Today is the birthday, in 1959, of Paul Deakin, drummer from the American band The Mavericks who had the 1998 UK No.4 single ‘Dance The Night Away’. The Mavericks won a Grammy Award for the song ‘Here Comes the Rain’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UajuBAUkBs
