WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1945
Find out what all happened August to December 1945

Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte. (18. October 1945)

Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan). (10. November 1945)

Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time). (14. August 1945)

Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time. (21. October 1945)

Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan. (15. December 1945)

World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt. (16. September 1945)

Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. (2. September 1945)

World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright. (9. August 1945)

Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. (25. August 1945)

By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.) (4. December 1945)

Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops. (16. August 1945)

World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. (12. October 1945)

The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam. (14. August 1945)

Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece. (17. October 1945)

Colombia joins the United Nations. (5. November 1945)

World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo. (11. September 1945)

Founding of the United Nations. (24. October 1945)

Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. (8. September 1945)

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. (19. August 1945)

Australia joins the United Nations. (1. November 1945)