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Events on Saturday 20 February 1965 1
1885 – 1965Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1965)Died 20 February 1965, aged 79Chester W. Nimitz was a US Navy fleet admiral who commanded Allied naval forces in the Pacific theater during World War II. He accepted the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945. He died at his home on Yerba Buena Island, California, on 20 February 1965.