2014 Event Donald Sterling, the L.A. Clippers owner banned from the NBA after making racist remarks, has dropped a lawsuit fighting the forced sale of the team; the pending sale to former Microsoft exec Steve Ballmer must now be approved by the NBA 2013 Event The International Olympic Committee announces that the sport of wrestling has been dropped from the 2020 Summer Olympics 1989 Event Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129 1975 Event Linda McCartney drug charges in U.S. are dropped 1972 Event Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party 1956 Event Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll 1945 Event Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1945 Event Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 1938 Event Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL 1915 Event Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit 1910 Birthday Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint 1908 Event 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square 1901 Event Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns 1882 Event Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks 1869 Event Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
