Former New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle died of liver
cancer at the age of 63. While he patrolled center field and
batted clean-up between 1951 and 1968, the Yankees won
12 American League pennants and seven World Series
championships.

Danielle Spencer, a fan favorite for her role as Dee Thomas
on the classic sitcom What’s Happening!!, has passed away.

Spencer died on Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia,
as confirmed by her What’s Happening!! co-star, Haywood
Nelson, to The Hollywood Reporter.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double
mastectomy in 2014. In 2018, she had emergency surgery
to address brain bleeding.

Released August 5, 1976 – April 28, 1979 on ABC.

 
CARLATA BRADLEY

A Russian nuclear submarine sank to the bottom of the Barents
Sea on August 12, 2000; all 118 crew members are later found
dead. The exact cause of the disaster remains unknown.

Kursk left port on August 10 to take part in war games with the
Russian military. Russian ships, planes and submarines met
up in the Barents Sea, which is above the Arctic Circle, to
practice military maneuvers.

Robin Williams, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and
comedian, died by self-inflicted injury on August 11,
2014. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s
disease and other associated factors. Williams
was 63.               
 
       

Mork & Mindy aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to
May 27, 1982.

1993

   
CAMILLE BOHANNON

On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb is dropped on
Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally
in Japan’s unconditional surrender.