September 1st, 1945 (SATURDAY)
FINLAND: The United States re-establishes diplomatic relations with Helsinki with the establishment of the American Legation and Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
HONG KONG: The Japanese commander is informed that he is to remove all his troops from Hong Kong island to Kowloon by 1600 hours. 4,000 Japanese are confined to the former British camp at Shamshuipo and in total 18,000 Japanese troops are disarmed and evacuated to the mainland without any trouble.
Rear Admiral Harcourt proclaims the establishment of a Military Government and becomes the Head of the Military Administration as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Colony. (Mike Yared)(208)
NORTH-WEST PACIFIC: The Soviets occupy Kunashiri and Shikotan Islands completing their occupation of the Kurile Islands.JAPAN: Two civilian internment camps are located in the Tokyo area and the captives are freed and transferred to the hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13).
USS Benevolence (AH-13) evacuates civilian internees from 2 internment camps near Tokyo.
CANADA: HMS Una arrived Halifax for ASW training.
Submarine HMS United arrived Bermuda for ASW training.
U.S.A.: The motion picture "Isle of the Dead" is released. This horror movie, directed by Mark Robson, stars Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew and Jason Robards, Sr. The plot has a group of people quarantined on a Greek Island in 1912 and an old peasant woman believes that a young girl is a vampiric kind of demon.
In baseball, Philadelphia Phillies' centre fielder Vince DiMaggio ties a major league record by hitting his fourth grand slam home run of the season. Traded to the Phillies by the Pittsburgh Pirates on 31 March 1945, DiMaggio finishes the season with a .257 batting average and 19 home runs for the last place Phillies.