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V-J Day
History · Commemorative · September 2
V-J Day marks the end of World War II fighting with Japan and honors the Americans who served and sacrificed in the Pacific.
National days on September 2, 2027
Also on September 2
On this day
- 1912: Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America. Arthur Rose Eldred
- 1945: 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. Japanese Instrument of Surrender
- 1963: CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. CBS Evening News
- 2008: Google launches its Google Chrome web browser. Google
- 2013: The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span. Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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