Milan, Michigan after four years, and became the American Nation of Islam's undisputed leader. The House of Representatives of Japan approved the nation's new Constitution by a vote of 421–8. The House of Councillors would approve it later in the year. Died: James McReynolds, 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1914 to 1941 August 25, 1946 (Sunday) The body of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was secretly moved from Milan police headquarters to the nearby Capuchin Monastery in Cerro Maggiore. On the same day, the body of former President of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, was quietly reburied at the Elizabeth Church in Marburg, 12 years after his death and 19 months after retreating Nazis had removed it from the Tannenberg Memorial to avoid its capture by Soviet forces. Born: Charles Ghigna, American children's author famous as "Father Goose", in Bayside, New York Rollie Fingers, American MLB pitcher and Hall of Fame enshrinee, in Steubenville, Ohio August 26, 1946 (Monday) The United States consented to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, popularly known as the World Court. The U.S. would withdraw its acceptance on October 7, 1985. Walter Schreiber, a Wehrmacht Medical Corps general, testified in the Nuremberg Trials against Hermann Goering in the genocide of Europe's Jews. Born: Valerie Simpson, American singer and half of the duo of Ashford & Simpson, in New York City Mark Snow, American composer, in New York City Zhou Ji, Chinese Minister of Education, in Shanghai August 27, 1946 (Tuesday) A milestone in vascular surgery was achieved when Portuguese surgeon João Cid dos Santos performed the removal of plaque from an artery, a procedure now referred to as an endarterectomy. Owners of baseball's National League and American League teams met and secretly voted 15–1 to retain the ban against African-Americans, on grounds that integration of the game would be harmful to the Negro leagues. The dissenting vote was from Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who then went to Commissioner Happy Chandler to overturn the ruling. France signed a treaty with Laos establishing a protectorate and recognizing Sisavang Vong, King of Luang Prabang, as the nation's monarch. Born: Flossie Wong-Staal, Chinese-born American biochemist and co-discoverer (with Robert Gallo) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as Wong Yee Ching in Guangzhou (d. 2020) August 28, 1946 (Wednesday) The Sudanese Defense Force massacred 46 Eritrean civilians and injured 60 in Asmara after a Sudanese