U.S. troops occupy southern Korea, while the Soviet Union occupies the north, with the dividing line being the 38th parallel of latitude. This arrangement proves to be the indirect beginning of a divided Korea, which will lead to the Korean War in 1950. September 9 – Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek officially accepts the Japanese capitulation at Nanking. September 10 – Vidkun Quisling is sentenced to death as a Nazi collaborator in Norway. September 11 Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister during most of WWII, attempts suicide to avoid facing a war crimes tribunal. Radio Republik Indonesia starts broadcasting. The Batu Lintang camp in Sarawak, Borneo is liberated by Australian forces. September 12 – The Japanese Army formally surrenders to the British in Singapore. September 18 Typhoon Makurazaki kills 3,746 people in Japan. The Japanese Army in Central China officially surrenders to the Chinese, in Wuhan. September 20 – Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that all British troops depart India. September 24 – Postwar anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia: The Topoľčany pogrom is carried out in Czechoslovakia. October October – Arthur C. Clarke puts forward the idea of a geosynchronous communications satellite, in a Wireless World magazine article. October 1–15 – Operation Backfire: Three A4 rockets are launched near Cuxhaven, in a demonstration to Allied forces. October 2 – George Albert Smith becomes president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. October 4 – The Partizan Belgrade sports club is founded in Belgrade, Serbia. October 5 – Hollywood Black Friday: A strike by the Set Decorator's Union in Hollywood results in a riot. October 8–15 – Hadamar Trial: Personnel of the Hadamar Euthanasia Centre, now in the American zone of Allied-occupied Germany, are the first to be tried for systematic extermination in Nazi Germany. October 9 – Former prime minister Pierre Laval is sentenced to death, for collaboration with the Nazis in Vichy France. October 10 – The Nazi Party is dissolved by the Allied Powers. October 14 – Czechoslovakia: A new provisional national assembly is elected. October 15–21 – The Fifth Pan-African Congress is held in Manchester. October 16 – The Food and Agriculture Organization is established at a meeting in Quebec City, as a specialized agency of the United Nations. October 17 – A massive number of people, headed for the General Confederation of Labour (Argentina), gather in the Plaza de Mayo in