Events in History

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Aug

09

Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan

Aug

09

Richard Nixon resigns as President

Aug

10

Missouri, the twenty-fourth state

Aug

15

Japan announces its surrender to the Allied Forces

Aug

21

Hawaii, the fiftieth state

Aug

24

British troops enter Washington, D.C.

August 2025

Day Week Month Year

Aug

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27	28	29	30	31	1 Colorado, the thirty-eighth state	2 Declaration of Independence signed
3	4 Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard	5	6 Battle of Mobile Bay Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan	7	8	9 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan Richard Nixon resigns as President
10 Missouri, the twenty-fourth state	11	12	13	14	15 Japan announces its surrender to the Allied Forces	16
17	18	19	20	21 Hawaii, the fiftieth state	22	23
24 British troops enter Washington, D.C.	25	26	27	28 Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" Speech	29	30
31	1	2 Japanese sign Instrument of Surrender	3	4	5	6 William McKinley shot
Event times are in their local time zone

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