On This Day August 6th

  OTD

August 6th is the two-hundredth-eighteenth day of the year, and there are 147 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

  1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1819 – Norwich University was founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by an electric chair.

1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan, is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die from burns and radiation poisoning in subsequent years.

1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property.

2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

 

 

Birthdays

 1609 – Richard Bennett, English American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)

1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)

1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)

1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)

1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian American giant (d. 1888)

1900 – Cecil Howard Green, an English American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003)

1901 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (d. 1935)

1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer, and businesswoman (d. 1989)

1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer, and film director (d. 1987)

1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant.

1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

 

Holiday Spotlight

Jamaica Independence Day

In 1509, Jamaica became a Spanish colony, but in May 1655, the British took over the island during the Anglo-Spanish War. In the 1950s, Jamaica made changes to its constitution for greater self-government, which led to the appointment of a Prime Minister after the British Empire broke up. In 1958, Jamaica joined the West Indies Federation, a political union of various Caribbean islands that were also colonies of the United Kingdom.

By September 1961, Jamaicans were not happy with the Federation, which led to a referendum where 54% of Jamaicans voted to leave the Federation. In 1962, the 'Jamaica Labour Party,' led by Bustamante, won the elections, resulting in the passing of the Jamaica Independence Act by the United Kingdom Parliament on July 19, 1962. On August 6, 1962, the British granted Jamaica independence, and the Jamaican flag was flown for the first time.

Bustamante became Jamaica’s first Prime Minister, with Jamaica joining the Commonwealth of Nations. The main highlight of Jamaica Independence Day is the 'Jamaica Independence Festival', which showcases a grand parade, traditional music, the World Reggae Dance Final, and other events.  

 

Holidays And Observance.

Balloons to Heaven Day

Corporate Baby Name Day

Farmworker Appreciation Day

Hiroshima Day

National Fresh Breath Day

National Gossip Day

National Night Out

National Root Beer Float Day

Wiggle Your Toes Day

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