The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of San Francisco">Treaty of San Francisco</a> comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allies of World War II</a>.