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In 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people.聽
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order nationalizing silver.
1936: Jesse Owens
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In 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.
1945: "Fat Man"
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In 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device ("Fat Man") over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people.
1969: Charles Manson
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In 1969, actor Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally slain at Tate鈥檚 Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.
1974: Gerald R. Ford
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On Aug. 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation鈥檚 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon鈥檚 resignation took effect.
1982: John W. Hinckley Jr
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In 1982, a federal judge in Washington ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who鈥檇 been acquitted of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others by reason of insanity, committed to a mental hospital.
1988: Lauro Cavazos
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In 1988, President Ronald Reagan nominated Lauro Cavazos (kah-VAH鈥�-zohs) to be secretary of education; Cavazos became the first Hispanic to serve in the Cabinet.
1995: Jerry Garcia
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In 1995, Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack at age 53.
2012: Usain Bolt
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At the London Games, Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, making him the only man with two Olympic titles in that event.聽
2014: Michael Brown Jr.
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In 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old Black man, was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri; Brown鈥檚 death led to sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson and other U.S. cities, spawning a national 鈥淏lack Lives Matter鈥� movement.
2017: Tiger Woods
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Prosecutors in Florida said golfer Tiger Woods had agreed to plead guilty to reckless driving and would enter a diversion program that would allow him to have his record wiped clean; he鈥檇 been charged with DUI in May when he was found asleep in his car, apparently under the influence of a prescription painkiller and sleeping medication.
2018: Space Force
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In 2018, Vice President Mike Pence announced plans for a new, separate U.S. Space Force as a sixth military service by 2020.
2021: Robert Durst
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Testifying at his Los Angeles murder trial, Robert Durst denied killing his best friend, Susan Berman, at her home in 2000. (Durst would be convicted of first-degree murder; the real estate heir died in January 2022 at age 78 while serving a life sentence.)聽
