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August 6, 2012--A Day of Historical Anniversaries and Birthdays--and a Tribute to Fallen Navy Seals
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Many historical events happened on this day.
On this day, 67 years ago, at 8:16 in the morning, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb dubbed "Little Boy" over the city of Hiroshima.
An estimated 140,000 people were killed in the attack.
It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in warfare.
Three days later, 70,000 more people were killed with a second bomb, "Fat Man," that was dropped on Nagasaki and induced the Japanese to surrender.
351 years ago today, Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
122 years ago today, Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game
98 years ago today, Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia
98 years ago today, Serbia declares war against Germany
86 years ago today, NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
82 years ago today, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater disappears in NYC
50 years ago today, Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
47 years ago today, Beatles release "Help" album in UK
47 years ago today, Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
131 years ago today, Alexander Flemming, a Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928, was born.
101 years ago, on this day, Lucille Ball was born.
85 years ago, on this day, Andy Warhol was born--a day after the death of Marilyn Monroe, someone he was fascinated with.
So many more historical events happened today, and you can see more of them here;
[link to history-world.org]
But one of them is very recent, in fact, today is the one year anniversary--a most sobering anniversary.
It is the first anniversary of the worst loss of Navy Seals ever.
One year ago today, a helicopter crash, in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, killed 25 members of Navy SEAL
Team 6, along with five U.S. Army National Guard and Army Reserve crewmen, one civilian interpreter, seven Afghan
commandos and a military working dog.
The following is a video tribute:
[link to www.youtube.com]
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