On this day in history
August 6
American
1945The Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing some 140,000 people.
The Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing some 140,000 people.
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1965Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.
Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.
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1890William Kemmler becomes the first person executed in the electric chair, in New York.
William Kemmler becomes the first person executed in the electric chair, in New York.
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World
1990The United Nations imposes sweeping sanctions on Iraq for invading Kuwait.
The United Nations imposes sweeping sanctions on Iraq for invading Kuwait.
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