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 In the United States... An American B-25 bomber, lost in fog, collides with the Empire State Building in New York City. A total of 19 people are killed.
In Tokyo... Premier Suzuki holds a press conference in which he says that the government of Japan will "take no notice" of the Potsdam Declaration. While it is possible that the wording he used was intended to mean "make no comment on for the moment," it is clear that the Japanese government does not intend to surrender immediately and unconditionally, which is the implicit expectation of the Allied declaration.
Over Japan... Some 2000 Allied planes bomb Kure, Kobe and
targets in the Inland Sea. The air strikes sink the Japanese aircraft
carrier Amagi, the old cruiser Izumo, the light cruiser Oyodo
and a destroyer.
In the Ryukyu Islands... The Japanese attack American ships
around Okinawa, in response to the Allied strikes on Japan. The American
destroyer Callaghan is sunk by a Japanese suicide plane. It is
the last ship to be destroyed by a Kamikaze attack.
In Burma... The Japanese 28th Army attempts to withdraw across the Sittang River. It suffers over 13,000 killed and drowned in the attempt.
In Occupied Germany... The Potsdam conference resumes. The new British prime minister, Atlee, and foreign secretary,
Bevin, arrive in Potsdam to resume the conference with American and Soviet leaders.
In Washington... The United States Senate ratifies the United Nations Charter by 89 votes to 2. |
