Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, resulting in days of civil unrest and protests fueled by tensions between Ferguson’s predominantly Black population and its predominantly white government and police department. 2014.
American actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by followers of Charles Manson, leader of a communal religious cult known as the “Family.” 1969.
The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States in World War II struck the city of Nagasaki. 1945.
After the arrests of Mahatma Gandhi and dozens of other leaders of the Congress Party by British authorities, Aruna Asaf Ali raised the Indian flag in Bombay, defying British orders and rallying supporters. Her action marked the definitive beginning of the Quit India Movement. 1942.
In Pisa, Italy, construction began on a bell tower that became internationally famous as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 1173.
