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Totally Timelines Today in History – 9th August 1503

To force a Japanese surrender and end World War Two, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. This bomb, named ‘Fat Man’, was a plutonium implosion bomb.

This Week in History

10th August 1047 – Battle of Val-es-Dunes William Duke of Normandy defeated rebel barons and gained full control of Normandy.
11th August 1903 – Vladimir Lenin became leader of the Bolsheviks.
12th August 1944 – Joe Kennedy Jr, who was serving in the US airforce, was killed in action
13th August 1704 – Battle of Blenheim – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, secured an allied victory over France.
14th August 1945 – V J Day – Japan surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
15th August 1950 – Princess Anne was born to Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI and Philip Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace
16th August 1977 – Elvis Presley died at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee.
17th August 1473 – Richard of Shrewsbury, son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville was born. He is better known as one of the Princes in the Tower.
18th August 1962 – Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), drummer with the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, replaced Pete Best as drummer of the Beatles.