On This Day, Aug. 9: U.S. drops second atomic bomb on Japan, ending WWII

Aug. 9 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1483, the Sistine Chapel opens in the Vatican. In 1854, Walden was published by Henry David Thoreau. In 1916, Lassen Volcanic National Park was established in California. In 1936, American track star Jesse Owens won his fourth Olympic gold medal in Berlin. In 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Fat Man” on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Three weeks later, Japan formally surrendered, ending World War II. In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain…