1945 – World War II: the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb codenamed Little Boy is dropped by the American B-29 Enola Gay on the city of Hiroshima in Japan at 8:16 a.m., killing 80,000 outright with another 60,000 dead by the end of the year due to fallout sickness. Ultimately, about 200,000 die due to the atomic bomb.

1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into United States law.

Birthdays:

1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)

1927 – Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)

Deaths:

2004 – Rick James, bitch