On this day in history - Today, August, 9

Today in History

• 1965 Singapore Leaves Malaysia

  The Southeast Asian Island country had joined a Malaysian Federation in 1963 as part of the Malaysia

• 1945 An Atomic Bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki

  3 days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the city of

• 1942 Quit India Movement Begins in India

  The civil disobedience movement against the British colonists was spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand

• 1930 Betty Boop Makes Her Debut

  The animated cartoon character made her first appearance in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. Thought to be

• 1854 Henry David Thoreau Publishes Walden

  An American transcendentalist, Thoreau wrote the book in a span of just over two years while residin