Mark Foley, The Associated PressAs concert goers wait for the rock music to begin, a group takes part in a blanket toss at the Goose Lake International Music Festival near Jackson, Mich., Aug. 9, 1970. Here a young woman gets tossed in the air. The crowd, numbering around 200,000, seemed to enjoy the three-day event which was free of incident.
Eric Risberg, The Associated PressSan Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds (25) circles the bases after hitting his 600th career home run, a solo shot off of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Kip Wells during the sixth inning in San Francisco, Friday Aug. 9, 2002.
Donna McWilliam, The Associated PressConvicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, is led from the Pittsburg County Courthouse in McAlester, Okla., Monday, Aug. 9 2004, after his sentencing in the state's murder case against him. District Judge Steven Taylor ordered Nichols to serve the life term on each of 161 counts of first-degree murder and that the sentences run consecutively.
The Associated PressThe DiMaggio brothers, a trio of centerfielders whose exploits made baseball history, look fit enough to take over their old jobs as they join other diamond greats in the Old Timers' Day festivities at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9, 1958. Joe, center, former Yankees' star was joined by Vince, left, of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Dominic, at right, his counterpart and competitor on the Boston Red Sox of bygone days. Dominic and Joe were on opposing sides again as the 1946 American League champions, the Red Sox, met the 1947 pennant-winning Yankees in a two-inning encounter prior to the regularly scheduled Yankees - Red Sox game.
The Associated PressWith most of his audience lying on the ground to get away from the smoke of police bombs, this iron lunged speaker, center, keeps his feet and continues to exhort his hearers to "follow the Gandhi line," Aug. 9, 1942 Meeting was in a park in Bombay three hours after Gandhi had been arrested.
U.S. Signal Corps, The Associated PressIn this photo provided by the U.S. Signal Corps, a massive column of billowing smoke, thousands of feet high, mushrooms over the city of Nagasaki, Japan, after an atomic bomb was dropped by the United States on Aug. 9, 1945. A B-29 plane delivered the blast killing approximately 70,000 people, with thousands dying later of radiation effects. The attack came three days after the U.S. dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The attacks brought about Japan's unconditional surrender, and the war ended when the papers ofsurrender were accepted aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.
ACME/Stanley Troutman, The Associated PressA man pushes a loaded bicycle down a cleared path in a flattened area of Nagasaki, Sept. 13, 1945, following the Aug. 9 nuclear attack by an American B-29.
H.B. Littell, The Associated PressNancy Adams, 20, of Beuchel, Kentucky, holds brands of cigarettes named I Like Ike and 'Stevenson For President', novelty blends manufactured by Tobacco Blending Corporation, Aug. 9, 1952 in Louisville, Kentucky. By comparing sales volume of each brand the company hopes to weed out the most popular candidate for president.
Doug Pizac, The Associated PressRocker John Cougar is pictured, Aug. 9, 1982.
The Associated PressBuddy Ebsen, as Jed, talks to Donna Douglas, playing his daughter Elly May, as she milks a goat on a Beverly Hills tennis court during filming of the television comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" on Aug. 9, 1962. A chicken is perched on the goat's back.
The Associated PressGerald R. Ford takes the oath of office as the 38th president of the United States as his wife, Betty, right, stands at his side in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 1974. Administering the oath is Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger. Ford is sworn in following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon as chief executive.
The Associated PressMember of the honor guard hold down the red carpet as the helicopter carrying Richard M. Nixon from the White House prepares to lift off from the grounds on Friday, Aug. 9, 1974. After a farewell speech to members of the White House staff Nixon departed for California.
John Redman, The Associated PressPrincess Diana of Wales smiles as she sits with her sons, Princes Harry, front, and William, on the steps of the Royal Palace on the island of Majorca, Spain, Aug. 9, 1987, where the British Royal family is on holiday with the Spanish King Juan Carlos and his family.
BRS, The Associated PressOne of the thousand of protesters who took part in an anti Trident rally Sunday, Aug. 9, 1982 displays a flag supporting the movement. Religious leaders denounced the buildup of nuclear weapons as protestors waited on banks, beaches and in boats for the arrival of the nation's first Tridents nuclear submarine.
Tony White, The Associated PressBritain's Ozzy Osbourne and Jon Bon Jovi of U.S. band Bon Jovi arrive at Stansted airport, England, Aug. 9, 1989, en route to Moscow for a peace festival.
Lacy Atkins, The Associated PressGrieving Deadheads Nancy Hethering, right, and Paladin comfort each other in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury District, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, after learning of the death of Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia. Garcia, the master guitarist whose band symbolized the 1960's counterculture and remained a top concert draw three decades later, died at a drug treatment center. He was 53.
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As concert goers wait for the rock music to begin, a group takes part in a blanket toss at the Goose Lake International Music Festival near Jackson, Mich., Aug. 9, 1970. Here a young woman gets tossed in the air. The crowd, numbering around 200,000, seemed to enjoy the three-day event which was free of incident.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on August 9.














