1945 – Japanese in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies

1955 – Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run

1970 – Feyenoord wins soccer’s World Cup

1971 – NHL great Gordie Howe retires

2014 – Denny Miller, American actor, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 80 years old