NATIONAL DAY: In Hanoi, Chairman Ho Chi Minh, of the communist Workers’ Party of Vietnam, with the support of United states Office of Strategic Services agents, proclaims the independence of the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam:

       All people are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

       This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free.

       The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of the French Revolution made in 1791 also states: All men are born free and with equal rights, and must always remain free and have equal rights.

       Those are undeniable truths.

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       For these reasons, we, the members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that:

       Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country—and in fact it is so already.  And thus the entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.

       [added 5/10/2025]

       The Axis War (World War II) ends: General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the southwest Pacific area for the army of the United states, accepts the surrender of Mamoru Shigemitsu, Foreign Minister of the Empire of Japan.  McArthur assumes the role of military dictator of Japan.  This begins the U.s.’ 10th attempt at nation building.

       NOTE: While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].

       [updated 5/10/2025]