Monday, August 6, 2012

August 6th in History


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

1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.

1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Spain

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

1940 - Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union


1942 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning Queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

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 in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

1962 - Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

2012 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity, lands on Mars.

Famous Birthdays:

1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury

1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

1861 - Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States

1881 - Sir Alexander Fleming, Scientist

1926 - Frank Finlay, actor

1937 - Barbara Windsor, actress

1972 - Geri Halliwell, singer (Spice Girls)

1977 - Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer

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