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Thursday, August 8, 2013

August 6 - The Day in History - 1945: American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

August 6 : General Interest
1945: American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima... read more


American Revolution
1777 : General Nicholas Herkimer falls at the Battle of Oriskany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-nicholas-herkimer-falls-at-the-battle-of-oriskany

Automotive
1991 : Peugeot says au revoir to U.S. car market
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peugeot-says-au-revoir-to-us-car-market

Civil War
1862 : Confederate ship blown up by crew
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loss-of-css-arkansas

Cold War
1945 : Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima

Crime
1902 : Dutch Schultz is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dutch-schultz-is-born
1930 : Joseph Force Crater becomes the missingest man in New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-force-crater-becomes-the-missingest-man-in-new-york

Disaster
1997 : Planes crashes in Guam jungle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/planes-crashes-in-guam-jungle

General Interest
1787 : First draft of Constitution debated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-draft-of-constitution-debated
1890 : First execution by electric chair
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-execution-by-electric-chair
1928 : Andy Warhol is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andy-warhol-is-born

Hollywood
1911 : Lucille Ball born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lucille-ball-born
2009 : "Breakfast Club" director John Hughes dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/breakfast-club-director-john-hughes-dies

Literary
1996 : George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-rr-martins-game-of-thrones-debuts

Music
1942 : Isaac Hayes is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/isaac-hayes-is-born

Old West
1874 : Belle Starr's first husband slain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/belle-starrs-first-husband-slain

Presidential
1965 : Johnson signs Voting Rights Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-signs-voting-rights-act

Sports
1926 : Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gertrude-ederle-becomes-first-woman-to-swim-english-channel

Vietnam War
1964 : Johnson Administration officials argue for resolution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-administration-officials-argue-for-resolution
1969 : Green Berets are charged with murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/green-berets-are-charged-with-murder
1971 : First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-us-army-troops-deployed-to-vietnam-stand-down-for-withdrawal

World War I
1915 : Allies land at Suvla Bay
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-land-at-suvla-bay

World War II
1945 : Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-is-dropped-on-hiroshima


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