Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda became the last Japanese soldier to surrender, 29 years after WWII ended.
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The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
Naples, Italy, banned kissing in public.
The United States Air Force firebombed Tokyo, Japan, killing over 100,000 civilians.
Bertha Landes became the first female mayor of a major city (Seattle) in the US.
Barbie was presented to the public for the first time.
