On August 9
On August 9, 3 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945).
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The United States detonated nuclear weapons over Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945) — the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
On 9 August 378 CE, near Adrianople in Thrace (modern Edirne, Turkey), the eastern emperor Valens led the Roman field army against Gothic forces under Fritigern, a coalition of Therving and Greuthung Goths together with Alans and others…
9 August 2021IPCC's 'code red for humanity' reportScience, technology & invention
On 9 August 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the Working Group I contribution to its Sixth Assessment Report, 'Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis'.