On This Day for August 6 - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Diego Velázquez is featured, and more

Created: 2020-08-06 10:03 Updated: 2020-08-06 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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August 06

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Diego Velázquez

Hiroshima, Japan: aftermath of atomic bomb strike

FEATURED EVENT

1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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2015: American comedian Jon Stewart hosted his last episode of The Daily Show, a satiric news program that became a leading forum for current events, especially politics. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about pop culture.]

2012: NASA's robotic vehicle Curiosity (also called Mars Science Laboratory) landed on Mars and soon began transmitting images of the planet's surface. [ Test your knowledge of space exploration.]

1996: At the Palace in Los Angeles, the hugely influential punk rock band the Ramones played their last concert. [Take our quiz about musical groups.]

1890: Convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person to be executed by electric chair; he was put to death in Auburn State Prison, New York.

1825: Bolivia declared its independence from Spain. [Take our quiz about Latin American history.]

1809: English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian Age in poetry, was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. [Test your knowledge of authors and poets.]

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Andy Warhol
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1911

Lucille Ball
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1917

Robert Mitchum
American actor

1881

Alexander Fleming
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1965

David Robinson
American basketball player