TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, August 9, the 222nd day of 2016. There are 144 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress codenamed Bockscar dropped a nuclear device (“Fat Man”) over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people.

On this date:

In 1842, the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

In 1902, Edward VII was crowned king of Britain following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.

In 1944, 258 African-American sailors based at Port Chicago, Calif., refused to load a munitions ship following a cargo vessel explosion that killed 320 men, many of them black.

In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally slain at Tate’s Los Angeles home.

In 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s resignation took effect.

In 1982, a federal judge ordered John W. Hinckley Jr., who’d been acquitted of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others by reason of insanity, committed to a mental hospital.

In 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old black man, was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Mo.

Ten years ago: The White House said neither Israel nor Hezbollah should escalate their month-old war, as Israel decided to widen its ground invasion in southern Lebanon.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama announced new fuel efficiency standards for work trucks, buses and other heavy duty vehicles.

One year ago: A year after the shooting that cast greater scrutiny on how police interacted with black communities, the father of slain 18-yearold Michael Brown led a march in Ferguson, Mo., after a crowd of hundreds observed 4½ minutes of silence.

Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Cousy is 88. Former MLB All-Star pitcher Bill Campbell is 68. College Football Hall of Fame rand former NFL player John Cap pellet ti is 64. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Doug Williams is 61. Actress Melanie Griffith is 59. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 49. Actress Gillian Anderson is 48. Actor Eric Bana is 48. TV anchor Chris Cuomo is 46.

Thought for Today: “The truth is lived, not taught.” — Hermann Hesse, Germanborn Swiss poet and author (born 1877, died this date in 1962).