On this day in 1945, Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
On this day in 1963, the Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union went into operation.
On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
And on this day in 1999, East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.