The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
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Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
The United States Air Force firebombed Tokyo, Japan, killing over 100,000 civilians.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
