What day of the week was September 8, 1945?

The day of the week September 8th, 1945 fell on was a Saturday. Rosh Hashana for Jewish people.

Vinko Puljić the Croatian cardinal was born on 08 September in 1945. As was Ron "Pigpen" McKernan the American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973) , Jon Scieszka the American author , Rogie Vachon the Canadian ice hockey player and coach , Kelly Groucutt the English singer and bass player (Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II) (d. 2009) .

Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.