October 9th, 1945 (TUESDAY)
FRANCE: A French court sentences Pierre Laval, the Vice Premier of Vichy France, to death for collaborating with the Germans during World War II. He is executed on 15 October.
JAPAN: Typhoon "Louise" strikes at Okinawa. The United States Navy suffers with 12 ships sunk, 222 grounded and 32 damaged beyond local repair. 36 are killed and 47 missing. More...
High speed minesweeper (ex-destroyer) USS Dorsey wrecked in a Typhoon off Okinawa when she was driven aground (3 casualties.) Her hulk was destroyed on 11 January 1946.
USS PC-590 (Coast Guard-manned) grounded and sank in typhoon off Okinawa.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: The US 86th Infantry Division conducts a simultaneous search of all land areas under control for missing persons and Japanese still operating in the area. (Drew Philip Halévy)
CANADA: Minesweepers HMCS Cowichan and Malpeque paid off and laid up Shelburne , Nova Scotia.
U.S.A.: Parade in New York City honors FADM Chester W. Nimitz and 13 other Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor winners.