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| August 6th |
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| About August 6th is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1911 - Lucille Ball, comedian, actress, model (I Love Lucy) 1917 - Robert Mitchum, actor, author (Out of the Past) 1928 - Andy Warhol, painter, printmaker, filmmaker 1941 - Lyle Berman, Hall of Fame poker player, businessman 1965 - David Robinson, professional basketball player 1972 - Geri Halliwell, singer, songwriter, actress (Ginger Spice) 1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, mysterious murder victim Deaths 1623 - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare 1815 - James A. Bayard, U.S. Senator (Delaware) 1945 - Hiram Johnson, activist, U.S. Senator (California) 1945 - Richard Bong, Medal of Honor recipient, fighter pilot 2004 - Rick James, musician, singer ("Super Freak") 2009 - John Hughes, director (National Lampoon's Vacation) Events 1926 - 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel, the 21 miles from Dover, England, to Cape Griz-Nez that seperates Great Britain from the northwestern tip of France. 1945 - An atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay devastating the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II. 1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, which outlawed practices designed to disenfranchise African-Americans from being able to vote. 1965 - The Beatles release Help!, which holds the #1 spot on the charts for 9 weeks. |
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