November 12th, 1945 (MONDAY)
YUGOSLAVIA: Tito's National Front wins the general election.
U.S.A.: William Jay Stone arrives back in the US after more than two years fighting in Europe. (William Jay Stone)
1948 (FRIDAY)
JAPAN: An international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo passes death sentences on seven Japanese military and government officials, including General TOJO Hideki, who served as premier of Japan from 1941 to 1944. The trial ended on 8 November and all 25 defendants were found guilty of war crimes. In addition to the death sentences imposed on TOJO and others principals, such as MATSUI Iwane, who organized the Rape of Nanking between December 1937 and March 1938, and KIMURA Heitaro Kimura, who brutalized Allied POWs in Burma, 16 others are sentenced to life imprisonment. The remaining two of the 25 defendants are sentenced to lesser terms in prison.