September 26th, 1945 (WEDNESDAY)
FRENCH INDOCHINA: French forces including newly-arrived Gaullist and released Vichy-colonial troops, storm the Viet Minh headquarters in Saigon. An American soldier, Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey, an advisor with the OSS Deer Team fighting with the French is killed when he is mistaken for a French officer. The first US casualty in the country.
CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Caraquet paid off and returned to RN at Sheerness.
U.S.A.: The great Hungarian composer Bela Bartok dies.
The White Sands Missile test range in New Mexico sees its first launch when a Tiny Tim Booster is fired.