Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device over Nagasaki.
Today is Friday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2024. There are 144 days left in the year.
On Aug. 9, 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; the bombing and subsequent radiation poisoning killed an estimated 74,000 people.
In 1173, construction began on the campanile of Pisa Cathedral—better known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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