In 1945, representatives of the Japanese High Command on the military ship Missouri signed the full capitulation of Japan. By signing the capitulation the Second World War was ended on all battlefields.
In 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon, actor Keanu Reeves is born. His first name means 'cool breeze over the mountains' in Hawaiian.
In 1973, English writer and poet John Ronald Reuel Tolkien dies. He is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
In 2001, South African surgeon Christiaan Neethling Barnard dies. He was the first surgeon in the world to transplant a human heart.
MUSIC HISTORY
1972 - Rod Stewart takes the top spot on the British charts with 'You Wear It Well'.
1995 - Michael Jackson is No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'You Are Not Alone'.
2000 - Madonna is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Music'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1943 - Singer Joe Simon (1975 'Get Down, Get Down On The Floor').
1946 - Billy Preston, singer and pianist (1973 'Will It Go Round In Circles').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 490 pr. n. št. je grški vojak pretekel razdaljo od Maratona do Aten, da bi v mesto prinesel novico o zmagi nad Perzijci.
Leta 1851 je umrl slovenski duhovnik in vinogradnik Matija Vertovec.
Leta 1945 so predstavniki japonskega poveljstva na vojaški ladji Missouri podpisali popolno kapitulacijo Japonske. S podpisom te kapitulacije je bila druga svetovna vojna končana na vseh bojiščih.
Leta 1964 se je rodil igralec . Rodil se je v Libanonu, njegovo ime v havajščini pomeni 'hladen vetrič s planin'.
Leta 1973 je umrl angleški pisatelj John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, avtor knjige Gospodar prstanov.
Leta 2001 je umrl južnoafriški kirurg Christiaan Neethling Barnard, ki je kot prvi na svetu presadil človeško srce.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1972 - Rod Stewart zasede vrh britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'You Wear It Well'.
1995 - Michael Jackson je na vrhu ameriške lestvice s pesmijo 'You Are Not Alone'.
2000 - Madonna je na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'Music'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1943 - pevec Joe Simon (1975 'Get Down, Get Down On The Floor').
1946 - Billy Preston, pevec, pianist (1973 'Will It Go Round In Circles'
