September 2, 1945: On this Day . . . On September 2, 1945, Japan signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender which officially ended World War II. Information accessed from onthisday.com.
September 2 1945 – On This Day . . . On This Day in 1944, Anne Frank was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz where she died of Typhus on 12 March 1945.