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November 9th, 1945 (FRIDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: Farnborough: Flt.Lt R.A.Marks dies flying a captured He-162 jet demonstrating the handling characteristics of the 'Salamander' during a low-level roll; the tailplane fin and rudder collapsed,and the aircraft went into a vertical head over heel tumble, giving the pilot no chance to eject before it crashed. (It had an ejection seat.) (Russ Folsom)

JAPAN: Ichiro Hatoyama and other former Seiyuki members form the Nihon Jiyu-to or the Japan Liberal Party. (Mike Lenox)

US Coast Guard-manned Army vessel FS-290 was lost in a typhoon at Okinawa.

CANADA: Submarine HMS Una departed ASW training duties Digby, Nova Scotia for the UK.

U.S.A.:

Destroyer USS Robert H McCard launched.

Destroyer USS O'Hare commissioned.

Submarines USS Corporal and Pomodon commissioned.

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