By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2024. There are 144 days left in the year. Today in history: 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; ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 8, the 221st day of 2024. There are 145 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 8, 2023, a series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the town of Lahaina and killing more than 100 ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2024. There are 146 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 6, the 219th day of 2024. There are 147 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 5, the 218th day of 2024. There are 148 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a passport and inciting workers to ...

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Aug. 3, the 216th day of 2024. There are 150 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people; after surrendering, the gunman told ...