** U. S. President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.

** The U. S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U. S. President Harry S Truman.

** WWII ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted by the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, and delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, China, and others from a Japanese delegation led by Mamoru Shigemitsu, on board the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

** WWII: General Douglas MacArthur is named commander of all U. S. forces in the Philippines ; the Philippines Army is ordered nationalized by President Roosevelt.

** Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter ( b. 1895 )

** James MacArthur, American actor ( d. 2010 )

** Douglas MacArthur, American general ( d. 1964 )

** Catherine T. MacArthur, American philanthropist ( b. 1909 )

** Rasputin and the Empress-Charles MacArthur

** Staff officer to General MacArthur

** Jimmy L. Webb ( arranger ) for " MacArthur Park " performed by Richard Harris

** Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for MacArthur Park

** Jimmy L. Webb for " MacArthur Park " performed by Richard Harris

** Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys for " MacArthur Park "

** MacArthur Stadium in Syracuse, New York, originally Municipal Stadium

** Islip ( Long Island MacArthur Airport )

** NIA class passenger carriage number 36, used by United States General Douglas MacArthur on his trip from Alice Springs to Terowie via Quorn after leaving the Philippines in World War II.

** " MacArthur Park " ( song ), a song based on the Los Angeles park

** Long Island MacArthur Airport, also known as Islip Airport, in the above town

** The Charles MacArthur Award-For Outstanding New Play or Musical

** The James MacArthur Award-For Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

** MacArthur High School ( Lawton, Oklahoma )

** Big Dipper ( Luna Park Sydney ), a wooden roller coaster operating at Luna Park Sydney from 1935 until 1981

** Cyclone ( Dreamworld ), a steel roller coaster which operated as Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney from 1995 to 2001

** Lake Bruin State Park

** Christchurch Park, a park surrounding Christchurch Mansion

** Brooklyn Cable Company's Park Avenue Line

** Asbury Park Trophy ( now Spingold ) ( 1 ) 1937

** Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

** 1961 – 1963 Tuxedo Park Mark III

** Baghi Bala Park

** Zarnegar Park

** Shar-e Naw Park

** Bibi Mahro Park

** Maulana Jalaludin Cultural Park

** Seneca Village, a former settlement in Manhattan that was displaced to create Central Park

** The Islands, an unrecognized sub-region includes all of the whisky-producing islands ( but excludes Islay ): Arran, Jura, Mull, Orkney and Skye — with their respective distilleries: Arran, Isle of Jura, Tobermory, Highland Park and Scapa, and Talisker.

** Thomas Jefferson's Plan for the University of Virginia: Lessons from the Lawn, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places ( TwHP ) lesson plan

** Ocean Park opens in Hong Kong.

** Mike Shinoda, American rock musician ( Linkin Park )

** Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer ( d. 2010 )

** Park Bom, Korean singer

** Sandara Park, South Korean girl-group member

** Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer and actress

** Park Overall, American film and television actress

** A grassroots movement of Berkeley community members seizes an empty lot owned by the University of California to begin the formation of " People's Park ".