Singapore Leaves Malaysia:
Due to disagreements between leaders in 1965, the other members of the federation and Singaporean leaders and race tensions, the Malaysian parliament decided to expel Singapore from the Federation. The country reluctantly became independent on August 9 under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

An Atomic Bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki:
About 40 to 80 thousand people were estimated killed during this American-led attack towards the end of the Second World War.

Quit India Movement Begins in India:
The civil disobedience movement against the British colonists was spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi had called for peaceful protests in a speech a day earlier at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai. He made a call of “do or die” and asked his followers to adopt nonviolence when interacting with the British.

Betty Boop Makes Her Debut:
Created by animator Max Fleischer, the animated cartoon character made her first appearance in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. Modeled after singer Helen Kane, Betty was shown as a woman with an exaggerated body and a child-like face.