Good News In History, August 14
Good News In History, August 14 80 years ago today, Harry Truman announced the end of World War II. The American president told the public that Japan had surrendered unconditionally—a news report that led to joyous pandemonium in New York City, where celebrations began in Time Square. READ about this famous photo… (1945) Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photo, VJ Day Kiss – Fair Use The day, ever after known as VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day) also sparked one of the most famous photographs of that time, the sassy VJ Day Kiss in which photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured an anonymous US Navy sailor embracing and kissing a stranger—an unknown dental assistant—in Times Square. The photo was published in a full-page spread in Life magazine the following week. In his book, Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt , he said, “People tell me that when I am in heaven they will remember this picture.” (1945) MORE Good News on this Day: US Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt creating un…