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1848 - Martin Van Buren was nominated for president by the
Free-Soil Party in Buffalo, NY.
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.
He was the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
August 9,
1945
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
On
this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United
States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional
surrender.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6545
1973 - The U.S. Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair
filed suit against President Richard Nixon.
August 9,
1974
Unusual succession makes Ford president
In
accordance with his statement of resignation the previous evening,
Richard M. Nixon officially ends his term as the 37th president of the
United States at noon. Before departing with his family in a helicopter
from the White House lawn, he smiled farewell and enigmatically raised
his arms in a victory or peace salute. The helicopter door was then
closed, and the Nixon family began their journey home to San Clemente,
California. Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to resign from
office.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5246
August 9,
1985
Arthur Walker found guilty of spying for Soviet Union
Arthur
Walker, a retired U.S. Navy officer, is found guilty of espionage for
passing top-secret documents to his brother, who then passed them to
Soviet agents. Walker was part of one of the most significant Cold War
spy rings in the United States.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2754