The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
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NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars' Aeolis Palus plain.
Norwich University was founded in Vermont.
Flammable vapor caught fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.