TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 10,
the 222nd day of 2015. There are 143 days left in the year.
On this date in 1945, a day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveyed its willingness to surrender provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged. The Allies responded the next day, saying they would determine the Emperor’s future status.
In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state.
In 1921,
Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello.
In 1949,
the National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense.
In 1969,
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people had been slain.
In 1975,
television personality David Frost announced that he had purchased the exclusive rights to interview former President Richard Nixon.
In 1988,
President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to stillliving Japanese-Americans interned by their government during World War II.
In 1993,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were charged with 11 counts in the Oklahoma City bombing. McVeigh was convicted of murder and executed; Nichols was convicted of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to life in prison. Norma McCorvey, “Jane Roe” of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced that she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Actress Rhonda Fleming is 92. Singer Ronnie Spector is 72. Actor James Reynolds is 69. Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 68. Country musician Gene Johnson ( Diamond Rio) is 66. Singer Patti Austin is 65. Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 63. Folk singer-songwriter Sam Baker is 61. Actress Rosanna Arquette is 56. Actor Antonio Banderas is 55. Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 54. Singer Julia Fordham is 53. Journalist-blogger Andrew Sullivan and actor Chris Caldovino are 52. Singers Neneh Cherry and Aaron Hall are 51. Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 47. Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 44. Actress Angie Harmon is 43. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 42. Actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher and singer Cary Ann Hearst (Shovels & Rope) are 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nikki Bratcher (Divine) and actor Aaron Staton (TV: “Mad Men”) are 35. Actor Ryan Eggold is 31. Actor Lucas Till is 25. Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is 18.