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On This Day: August 6

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On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.

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On Aug. 6, 1911, Lucille Ball, the American radio, television and film comedic actress, was born. Following her death on April 26, 1989, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1825	Bolivia declared its independence from Peru.
1890	The electric chair was used for the first time, to execute a convicted murderer at Auburn State Prison in New York.
1890	Hall of fame pitcher Cy Young made his major league debut with the Cleveland Spiders of the National League.
1914	Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia, and Serbia declared war against Germany at the outbreak of World War I.
1926	Gertrude Ederle of New York became the first American woman to swim the English Channel.
1962	Jamaica became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1965	President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
1965	The album "Help!" by the Beatles was released.
1978	Pope Paul VI died at age 80.
1998	Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky testified before a grand jury about her relationship with President Bill Clinton.
2001	President George W. Bush received a memo entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S." as part of his daily intelligence briefing.
2007	The Crandall Canyon Mine in central Utah collapsed, trapping six coal miners. (All six miners died, along with three rescuers.)
2008	The government declared that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks that killed five in 2001. (Ivins had committed suicide on July 29.)
2008	A U.S. military jury convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, of supporting terrorism in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.
2009	Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice by a Senate vote of 68-31.

Current Birthdays

Actress Vera Farmiga turns 38 years old today.

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Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense") turns 41 years old today.

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1951	Catherine Hicks, Actress ("7th Heaven"), turns 60
1956	Stepfanie Kramer, Actress, turns 55
1957	Faith Prince, Actress, turns 54
1965	David Robinson, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 46
1972	Geri Halliwell, Singer (Spice Girls), turns 39
1974	Ever Carradine, Actress, turns 37
1976	Soleil Moon Frye, Actress, turns 35

Historic Birthdays

Lucille Ball8/6/1911 - 4/26/1989American radio, film and television actress.Go to obituary »

53	Niccolo Salvi 8/6/1697 - 2/8/1751 Italian sculptor
83	Alfred Tennyson 8/6/1809 - 10/6/1892 English poet; raised to the peerage in 1884
89	Andrew Taylor Still 8/6/1828 - 12/12/1917 American founder of osteopathy
54	Frank Cobb 8/6/1869 - 12/21/1923 American journalist and editor of the New York World
73	Sir Alexander Fleming 8/6/1881 - 3/11/1955 Scottish bacteriologist; discovered penicillin in 1928
91	Louella Parsons 8/6/1881 - 12/9/1972 American journalist and movie columnist
33	Dutch Schultz 8/6/1902 - 10/24/1935 American bootlegger
67	Ronald Duncan 8/6/1914 - 6/3/1982 English playwright, poet and writer
54	Richard Hofstadter 8/6/1916 - 10/24/1970 American historian
79	Robert Mitchum 8/6/1917 - 7/1/1997 American motion-picture star
61	Jackie Presser 8/6/1926 - 7/9/1988 American Teamsters Union leader (1983-88)
58	Andy Warhol 8/6/1928 - 2/22/1987 American artist best known for initiating the Pop art movement