The second atomic bomb of World War II was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki 

Marvin Minsky Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT) Born 

An earthquake struck Turkey, in the area of Istanbul, killing 6,000 people and rendering 40,000 homeless 

Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine 

Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobbs mother kills him 

Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 

Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer, is born