► Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
• 1945 – Hiroshima,
Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by
the United States B-29 Enola Gay
• 1970 – Birth Day of Manoj Night
Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1996 – NASA announces that the
ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate
from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• 2012 –
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
