Today is August 6 - the 248 day of the year, and there are 147 days till the end of the year,
1787 - At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia debate began on the first draft of the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - The Holy Roman Empire ended with the abdication of Emperor Francis II
1856 - The Great Bell is cast in the Great Clock of Westminster (Big Ben)
1890 - At Auburn Prison, New York murderer William Kemmler becomes first person to be executed by electric chair.
1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system in New York. The movie was "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore.
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1939 - 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed., and three days later Major Charles Sweeney piloted Bockscar dropped "Fat Man" on the city Nagasaki
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1964 - Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, is cut down in Nevada US
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, outlawing the literacy test for voting eligibility in the South.
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The Beatles release the album "Help" in the U.K.
1979 - Twelve-year-old Marcus Hooper becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel.
1986 - 1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond."
1989 - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances
1996 - George R,R, Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire".
1997 - Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple's survival.