Thursday, August 6, 2009

Today in History

AUGUST 6 IN HISTORY


1965- Beatles release 'HELP' album in UK




1675- Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut



1911- Lucille Ball born in Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress
(I Love Lucy, Mame)



1809- Alfred Lord Tennyson born ; poet laureate of England




1945 Hiroshima Peace Day
atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"




1890- 1st use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder



1927 -Andy Warhol born; pop artist




1917 -Robert Mitchum born in Bridgeport Ct
actor (Winds of War, North & South)




1998-Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with President Bill Clinton.


1914- Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
1914- Serbia declares war against Germany



1623 - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies




1661 - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders




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