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Type your birthdate (no year) into Wikipedia. Post 3 events, 2 birthdays, and 1 death that happened on that date: August 6th
EVENTS:
1) 1890 - At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electric chair is performed, with murderer William Kemmler as the subject.
2) 1945 - World War II: the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb codenamed Little Boy is dropped by the American B-29 Enola Gay on the city of Hiroshima in Japan at 8:16 a.m., killing 80,000 outright with another 60,000 dead by the end of the year due to fallout sickness. Ultimately, about 200,000 die due to the atomic bomb.
3) 2001 - White House briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks.
BIRTHDAYS:
1) 1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
2) 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
--had to cheat and put more births--
3) 1963 - Kevin Mitnick, computer hacker
4) 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born film director, writer, producer, and actor
5) 1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)
DEATH:
1) 1753 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
--one more cheat--
2) 2004 - Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
EVENTS:
1) 1890 - At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electric chair is performed, with murderer William Kemmler as the subject.
2) 1945 - World War II: the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb codenamed Little Boy is dropped by the American B-29 Enola Gay on the city of Hiroshima in Japan at 8:16 a.m., killing 80,000 outright with another 60,000 dead by the end of the year due to fallout sickness. Ultimately, about 200,000 die due to the atomic bomb.
3) 2001 - White House briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks.
BIRTHDAYS:
1) 1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
2) 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
--had to cheat and put more births--
3) 1963 - Kevin Mitnick, computer hacker
4) 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born film director, writer, producer, and actor
5) 1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)
DEATH:
1) 1753 - Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
--one more cheat--
2) 2004 - Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)