On this day :

1945 Atom bomb successfully tested, 1779 Anthony Wayne earns nickname, 1935 Worlds first parking meter installed, 1863 Draft riots continue to rock New York City, 1945 United States conducts first test of the atomic bomb, 1979 An army doctor is accused of stabbing his family to death, 1990 Earthquake wreaks havoc in the Philippines, 1769 First Catholic mission in California dedicated, 1969 Apollo 11 departs Earth, 1999 JFK Jr killed in plane crash, 1967 Funnyman Will Ferrell born, 1951 Catcher in the Rye is published, 1966 Tommy James and the Shondells are rescued from oblivion by their 1 hit Hanky Panky, 1808 Lewis and Clark help form Missouri Fur Company, 1790 Congress declares Washington DC new capital, 2002 Bush unveils strategy for homeland security, 1948 Durocher leaves Dodgers to manage Giants, 1965 McNamara visits South Vietnam, 1973 Senate begins investigations into secret bombing of Cambodia, 1918 Romanov family executed, 1940 Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France, 1945 The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded,