Following Richard Nixon's sudden resignation, Vice President Gerald Ford takes the oath of office, becoming the nation's first and only president never elected to the presidency or the vice presidency.
Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson win the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Culpepper, Virginia, marking the start of the Northern Virginia Campaign.
The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Japan, targeting Nagasaki. This attack took place three days after the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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