Sept 2nd, 1945
World War II Ends
Combat ends in the Pacific
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
Sept 2nd, 1945
World War II Ends
Combat ends in the Pacific
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
Hiram Percy Maxim
Sept 2, 1869 – Feb 17, 1936
age 66
* He was the son of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Machine gun