Nagasaki Day: August 9
- In 2019, the world is observing the 74th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing that took place on August 9, 1945.
- United States dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan and was codenamed “Fat Man” due to the design of the bomb as it had a wide, round shape.
- The atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima (August 6) forced Japan to surrender, thus ending World War II.