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Start of Potsdam Conference
1,500 US Navy and Royal Navy aircraft attack Tokyo. No Japanese fighter opposition is encountered
The Wickes class destroyer USS Bernadou (DD-153) is decommissioned after earning five battle stars during the Second World War, for escorting Convoy ON-67, Operation Torch, the invasion of Sicily, the Salerno landings and escorting Convoy UGS-40